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Javaman

(62,500 posts)
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 01:22 PM Nov 2018

putin and the long con of the don

I just finished reading this interesting article regarding domain names, trump and the hacked DNC emails...

Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/was-there-a-connection-between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign

and it lead me to think that while putin was indeed fucked our election in 2016, I also thought, hmmm, why the obvious connection to the trump organization when the experts did a little digging.

from the article and knowing virtually nothing about the forensics regarding this kind of stuff, it appeared to me that the experts looking into this found the trump organization signature fairly quickly and (to them) obvious.

could it been that there is a double con going on here by putin?

first he fucks over our election, then knowing that trump is crooked decided also to fuck him over as well to point all arrows to his connection in the hack?

obviously, there is so much more to this but could it be that there was some sort of dealings trump did in russia that pissed some people off , the wrong people, enough to have the russians stage the biggest crushing downfall of a american "business" man conartist?

and because trump is really that stupid, he followed their lead thinking, like all conartists, he wouldn't get caught.

I know I'm just spitballing but it's interesting to think that russia hacked the election to get the orange asshole in office just to have him completely humiliated as a russian collaborator/spy?



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putin and the long con of the don (Original Post) Javaman Nov 2018 OP
Theoretically, I suppose Putin could empty Trump's accounts. Iterate Nov 2018 #1

Iterate

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1. Theoretically, I suppose Putin could empty Trump's accounts.
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 01:48 PM
Nov 2018

Call in loans behind the scenes, dry up international deals with intimidation, double-cross on some money laundering, more hacking -whatever suits him.

And what could Trump do about it, go to the FBI? Make a nasty tweet? As long as we're spitballing, "Omar comin'!"

But Putin's history shows that he never leaves himself only one option to benefit, and always leaves a smelly festering corpse behind. President or not, we'll be dealing with Trump as long as he has thumbs and a base.

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