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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSNBC Host: "I'm not trying to say Donald Trump is a member of the mob, don't take it the wrong way"
Just now.
Was interviewing her guest (a former FBI special agent) and noticing the investigation is similar to the way the mob is investigated.
Then she tried to dial it back.
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)I'd say it's trump!
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)there were other pics of ducks, but that one seemed apropos.
He's got the Donald's patented 'ducktail' as well.
enid602
(8,642 posts)I feel another trump nickname coming on. DONALD DUCK!
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Samantha
(9,314 posts)They offered him the cheapest price....
I don't have a link. I read this some time ago and do not remember the source. But I do remember the words distinctly!
Sam
C_U_L8R
(45,014 posts)But he's in the mob.
"I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/1qydr8"><img src="" title="made at imgflip.com"/></a>
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Donald Trump denies that he ever knew Robert LiButti, a reputed mob figure with a penchant for high-dollar gambling. LiButti was a regular at Trumps Atlantic City casino until 1991, when he was banned from New Jersey gaming halls over his alleged ties to Mafia boss John Gotti.
If he was standing here in front of me, I wouldnt know what he looked like, Trump told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1991.
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)I've heard him say that, "I wouldn't know what he looked like". His default stance on associations with unsavory characters, as well as victims of his sexual assaults.
irisblue
(33,018 posts)Initech
(100,097 posts)He was literally hanging out with actual members of the mafia at Mar-A-Lago on New Year's Eve!!!!
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)mrJJ
(886 posts)Flashback
Donald Trump has employed a known Asian organized crime figure at his Taj Mahal casino for five years and is defending him against attempts to yank his license, l
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/trump-supports-casino-suspect-article-1.692948
Clifford and a few others doing their RICO time... Maybe Trump will give them a pardon...
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/18/nyregion/tong-leader-in-chinatown-is-convicted.html
His affiliation with the Itallian group helped him take care of his union problems.. in NY
Little Nicky Scarfo and Phil helped him out in Atlantic City
Pretty sure the connections he had with the Bratva helped him out with his financial problems. That's where the road map gets tricky... $$$$$$$$
He's a frustrated "wannabe"... nothing more
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)He got "claimed" by EVERYONE Itallian, Chinese, Russians... even if he had the bonifides to become one...He could never have been a knock around.
" Buying a button" that's a trip thru time... them guys are all long gone...
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)reminded me of the excellent coverage from Wayne Barrett and Dave Cay Johnston about dRumpf's mob ties. The coverage spanned quite a few decades, and got a lot of renewed interest during the election.
One thing that struck me was Wayne or Dave saying that though d Rump did a lot of business with the ultra violent Scarfo and Testa family, he always sent emissaries. He never put himself into even the slightest bit of danger, though he struts around pretending he's a made man, constantly.
mrJJ
(886 posts)Things in that town went south once Harry 'The Hunchback' was taken out... All their rules went out the window after that. The kid Phil was the GTG for the Taj. America is getting just what they voted for... They really have no clue as to what they voted for...
It's a damn shame... but it is what it is... now
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)It's always interesting to get info about the factions, incidents, and re-shuffles that occur.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)He is just a low level button man that makes money for the bosses...in RUSSIA!
elias7
(4,026 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)enid602
(8,642 posts)When a European journalist asked Putin how he could get anything done in Russia with all the organized crime, he smiled and replied 'who do you think organized them?'
mainer
(12,023 posts)UK Guardian exposed it in the UK. I have no doubt that's what Trump's involved in:
HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Barclays and Coutts are among 17 banks based in the UK, or with branches here, that are facing questions over what they knew about the international scheme and why they did not turn away suspicious money transfers.
Documents seen by the Guardian show that at least $20bn appears to have been moved out of Russia during a four-year period between 2010 and 2014. The true figure could be $80bn, detectives believe.
One senior figure involved in the inquiry said the money from Russia was obviously either stolen or with criminal origin.'"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/20/british-banks-handled-vast-sums-of-laundered-russian-money