Why Trump will Not Release his Taxes – $14 Million deal with Russia

[mitty14u2]

Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and his unusual flattery of Vladimir Putin

Trump tweeted Putin a personal invitation to attend the pageant, and a one-on-one meeting between the New York businessman and the Russian leader was scheduled for the day before the show.
Putin canceled at the last minute, but he sent a decorative lacquered box, a traditional Russian gift, and a warm note, according to Aras Agalarov, a Moscow billionaire who served as a liaison between Trump and the Russian leader.

Still, the weekend was fruitful for Trump. He received a portion of the $14 million paid by Agalarov and other investors to bring the pageant to Moscow. Agalarov said he and Trump signed an agreement to build a Trump Tower in the heart of Moscow — at least Trump’s fifth attempt at such a venture. And Trump seemed energized by his interactions with Russia’s financial elite at the pageant and a glitzy after-party in a Moscow nightclub.

“Almost all of the oligarchs were in the room,” Trump bragged to Real Estate Weekly upon returning home.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin/2016/06/17/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html

This says it all, “Almost all of the oligarchs were in the room,” Trump bragged to Real Estate Weekly upon returning home.

Trump will never release his taxes his excuse is BS, the truth is he is hiding many unscrupulous deals around the world.

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

[WhiteTara]

2. K&R

[spanone]

3. imagine if this were Hillary?

...

[KittyWampus]

4. what a horrifying statement "all the oligarchs were in the room".

[Island Deac]

12. Gives the TRUE meaning of

RED STATE!!!

[kestrel91316]

5. The Russians own him. In true form, he is trying to stiff them. They are now

applying the screws. He even has a handler in the employ of the Russians, IMHO (Manafort).

He will be given the White House by the Russians in order to do Putin's bidding (or they will kill his family). Hillary could be in grave danger if the Russians are looking to eliminate her to put him in the Oval Office.

That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

[Maeve]

11. There are some people it is not safe to try to stiff

They don't play nice when they feel cheated.

[2naSalit]

6. K&R for exposure!

[2naSalit]

7. Oh! Did I kick this already?

[63splitwindow]

8. The TRUTH begins to emerge. It will be slow but never ending... nt

[pkdu]

9. Actually , according to Agalarov , Trump received 1/3 of 20Mn just for licensing of the pageant..

Forbes: Do you plan any joint projects with Donald Trump, may be construction ones?

А. А.: We discussed our joint projects right before our interview. We have just shared our views on such projects and he said they were quite interesting.
E. А.: We will complete one project and then go down to the next one. We may theoretically consider a possibility of building a Trump Tower as one of our sky-scrapers.

Forbes: How did you manage to talk Donald Trump into holding Miss Universe here?

E. А.: We did not have to talk him into such thing. We just had a meeting, talked with Aras Iskenderovich, we all seemed to like each other, shook hands and signed our contract within a week’s time. It took much more efforts from the two teams - Crocus and Miss Universe owned by Trump – how to do this in terms of organization and finance.

Forbes: You mentioned $20 million as contest budget. How did you distribute this amount?

E.А.: License fees took one third of the amount, one third went to cover all organization costs and one third was sent on sets, production, live air and high definition mobile television units which we do not have in place here and have to import them from England


http://crocusgroup.com/press-center/news/749/

[sofa king]

10. I can't help wondering...

... what the knuckledraggers are going to say for themselves about supporting a foreign nuclear power which is trying to swing our election.

In retrospect, assuming we survive this, it's going to be an amusing public floundering which we can use against roughly half of the Republican Party for the next twenty years.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. The $14 Million only for the Miss Universe pageant

I'm guessing there's a lot more money where that came from.

As for the oligarchs, can you imagine what they were whispering to each other in Russian?

"Why is his skin orange?"

"His hair seems....strange."

"Yuri, are you sure you want to give him money? He seems insane."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. $14 Meg tip of the iceberg. Probably has loans even if he tells truth he has "0 invested" in Russia.

He probably has some investments partnered with oligarchs elsewhere, but almost certainly has lots of loans from oligarchs.

Putin, their master, would love to have his hooks in him and he was needy.

US banks will not loan Trump money. He is a bad credit risk.

His debt has ballooned from mid $200 meg to about $690 million in recent years. It came from somewhere.

[L. Coyote]

15. “Almost all of the oligarchs were in the room,” Trump bragged to Real Estate Weekly ...

I bet Romney wasn't

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Good one! Trump is a house of cards, a Potemkin village, a stuffed shirt.

Notice how he is always seen in a suit, except the rare occasions he actually golfs. He has no concept of the common person or the middle class.

Here's another logo for you!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Never give up on tax return issue. It plays well with Law & Order types, undermines his strategy. nt

[OnDoutside]

18. I wonder is there a video of him saying that about the Oligarchs ?

[runaway hero]

19. There's no proof of this.

You're going to give the election away if you keep this up.