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Botany

(70,442 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:20 PM Jan 2019

Russia/Putin were stringing Trump along about his Trump Tower Moscow project ...

.... it was never going to be built because:

The Russians used Trump properties all over the world ... NYC, Panama, Azerbiajian,* and other
places ....to get their ill gotten millions out of Russian and to launder that money and a Trump tower
Moscow would not have helped in those endeavors.


* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal

BTW I might be wrong about this. Botany =

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Russia/Putin were stringing Trump along about his Trump Tower Moscow project ... (Original Post) Botany Jan 2019 OP
But leading the idiot on about it 2naSalit Jan 2019 #1
And by pretending that they (Russia) were "all in" on his Moscow project as he, Trump, was publicly Botany Jan 2019 #4
Yup...nt 2naSalit Jan 2019 #5
Makes sense especially when the financing was to be done by a sanctioned bank YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #2
K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #3
The extensive detail, from all these varied sources - on traitortrump's screwups is so huge. empedocles Jan 2019 #6
Can't blame Putin... HipChick Jan 2019 #7
To a KGB man Trump had everything that Putin wanted. Botany Jan 2019 #8
Trump change the GOP party platform for this deal Johnny2X2X Jan 2019 #9
Smart thinking Botany! Pepsidog Jan 2019 #10

Botany

(70,442 posts)
4. And by pretending that they (Russia) were "all in" on his Moscow project as he, Trump, was publicly
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:29 PM
Jan 2019

.... deigning any contacts with Russia during his 2016 campaign gave them one more thing to blackmail him with.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
2. Makes sense especially when the financing was to be done by a sanctioned bank
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jan 2019

Bait dangling in front of an egomaniac buffoon.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
6. The extensive detail, from all these varied sources - on traitortrump's screwups is so huge.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:35 PM
Jan 2019

Related lawsuits could go on for decades.

[I just hope that Conspiracy Law and Rico, will make prosecutions go faster].

Botany

(70,442 posts)
8. To a KGB man Trump had everything that Putin wanted.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:47 PM
Jan 2019

Ego, massive debt, kompromat, and not too smart.

Johnny2X2X

(18,968 posts)
9. Trump change the GOP party platform for this deal
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:52 PM
Jan 2019

Let’s not forget that Trump change 1 and only 1 thing in the RNC’s official platform and that was their position towards provided arms to anti Russian rebels in Crimea. Trump sweetened his business deal by pushing the party to adopt a pro Putin stance.

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