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Donald Trumps Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia - GOP sublimely unconcerned with natnl security
http://time.com/4433880/donald-trump-ties-to-russia/Russian intelligence agencies have allegedly recently digitally broken into four different American organizations that are affiliated either with Hillary Clinton or the Democratic Party since late May. All of the hacks appear designed to benefit Donald Trumps presidential aspirations in one fashion or another.
When asked about this, and his affection for Russian president Vladimir Putin, Trump said any inference that a connection exists between the two is absurd and the stuff of conspiracy. I have ZERO investments in Russia, he tweeted after the Democratic National Committee was apparently hacked by Russia and the emails released by Wiki Leaks on the eve of the DNC convention to nominate Clinton as its 2016 presidential candidate.
Most of the coverage of the links between Trump and Putins Russia takes the GOP presidential nominee at his wordthat he has lusted after a Trump tower in Moscow, and come up spectacularly short. But Trumps dodgethat he has no businesses in Russia, so there is no connection to Putinis a classic magicians trick. Show one idle hand, while the other is actually doing the work.
The truth, as several columnists and reporters have painstakingly shown since the first hack of a Clinton-affiliated group took place in late May or early June, is that several of Trumps businesses outside of Russia are entangled with Russian financiers inside Putins circle.
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Donald Trumps Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia - GOP sublimely unconcerned with natnl security (Original Post)
Bill USA
Nov 2016
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KT2000
(20,588 posts)1. So - if the US assists Putin
in bombing hospitals in Aleppo they won't break trump's legs for non-payment on debts to Putin's buddies.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)2. and please, let us NOT call it corruption! or grounds for impeachment!
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)3. Trump was definitely right about one thing:
The American Dream IS dead