2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDo you think the Russians may be infiltrating our government via Trump?
His prior campaign manager Manafort had ties with Russia in particular a guy named Yanukovich.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych
Giuliani knew of the Podesta hack prior to wikileaks releasing and we all know wikileaks got it from Russia.
Has Comey somehow been compromised by Russia to meddle in the election? It is obvious he was told prior to the Comey letter what was going on. Was Comey's motivation more than pay back for whitewater?
This guy Flynn for NSA has the intelligence community in a real dustup over his ties with Russia.
This is just to name a few.... I really sound crazy, don't I? I know it does... but I can't help but think it..
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...connection. Further, I believe there is a very real possibility that elections in three states: Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin may have been tampered with by Russian hacks.
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)There does look to be a tie there to hoist Trump in and it should be exposed. Maybe this is why Trump kept talking about a rigged election -- he wanted cover while he rigged it himself.
Raster
(20,998 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)I could believe this.
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)at all looney. Why hasn't the media been on this more. They were preoccupied with Hillary bashing, and in the meantime Donald's real Russian connections are overlooked. But the little drips coming out here and there do look to be a connected effort. This is truly outrageous.
BlueInPhilly
(870 posts)I keep thinking that this was an invalid election. Now if someone would just sue and present all the facts.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)It was obvious before the election and people still voted for him.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)herding cats
(19,567 posts)At the very least I think Trump is exactly what Madeleine Albright called him, a "useful idiot" for Putin.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)At the very very least he is a useful idiot...that is confirmed.
All the buddy buddy crap with Russia is something to be concerned about and it should be watched and explored/investigated.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)and will be calling the shots in foreign affairs for his good pal Fuhrer Trump.
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)the russians had a hand or more in this election, and while us americans are commiserating over it, the Russians and the Chinese are going to super powers. We are not a superpower anymore, now we are stupid power. I do not want project doom and gloom but this is not going to be well for the US or the rest of the world, or even the planet.