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Is it just to enrich himself and his family or is it something more sinister?
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Remember: Trump gave his daughter a Russian name. He prefers Eastern European women (Ivana, Melania).
He feels an affinity for Russia and its former satellites far more than he does the nations of NATO, which he considers moochers and weaklings led by either unattractive older women or men married to unattractive older women.
Now you know why Trump placed Ivanka in his seat: in his mind, he was "showing up" the rest of them with a "beautiful" and young Trump female.
#pathetic #superficial #insane
golfguru
(4,987 posts)a run for president for 20 years. So, to understand his intentions, one has to examine his behavior for last 20+ years.
I do not think it is strictly making more money. Heck, if he is really worth $10 Billion, next 100 generations of Trumps each stand to inherit $100 million.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)the judicial corruption of "Eminent Domain" to accommodate his plans. And Le Scandale Marla, of course.
IMO, Trump has been likethis with the Russian Mob for decades, and his collusion is bearing fruit for both him and Russia now.
Oh, and he's not worth anything. Trump is in massive debt to Russian bankers. Ask Donny Jr. about their "investments." His hotels and former casinos have/had, shall we say, yuuuge laundry rooms.
golfguru
(4,987 posts)but then the Salesman (that is all Trump is) is living a pretty rich life for not worth anything. A private Boeing jet, a big helicopter, living in most affluent neighborhood in Manhattan in a penthouse, 3 trophy wives, Mar-a-Lago, and luxury golf resorts all over. I call that pretty good living for worth nothing.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)the creditors in exchange for the ULTIMATE PRIZE of the US Presidency and much of Congress, well, letting Donny Two-Scoops jet around is a tiny, tiny quid pro that quo.
I'll call my book "Smoke, Mirrors, and Treason: Reflection in a Russian Eye."
leftstreet
(36,076 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)He is fulfilling his role. The question is: what is Putin's endgame?
And, what is worse is that the Republicans know it and do not care. Because their endgame was completed: they took over the democracy while we sat on our couches watching Dancing with the Stars. They pretend to be doing the work of the people while taking our treasure and destroying our social network.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)FFS, that, was hard to take. And now we will have SCOTUS likely seated with more RW'ers as some retire, etc.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)The press did not do their jobs. Rather, they are part of the coop. We saw how they tore down HRC and built up Trump (and the statistics proved that).
And of course, the power of the elected officials is used inappropriately, to maintain power, rather than do the work we elected them to do--ie Benghazi hearings and the lack of action on Russian interference with our elections.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)Somewhere, someplace I read ... that he had once said imagine the power of the US and Russia combined, and I swear, as I recall, he said something like they could rule the world.
I think much of it is another thing to take and control, and along with it make some money. That said, I still think he was shocked when he won, like WTF just happened. It's hard to tell with him because he says one thing and then reverses it a little later, meanwhile mixed in with lies, distortions and flamboyance.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)of a Trump/Putin billboard (I think it was in Russia) that said something like Make the World Great Again. It as verified as true. It was chilling.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)highplainsdem
(48,718 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)kimbutgar
(20,871 posts)With chump as his puppet leader. He is owned by The Russia mafia because of the massive debts he owes them.
Rip America 2017. With the GOP, Kochs, Mercer $ and the christofascists the US as we know it is over. The only thing we got are those blues zones in the country that now realize they are better off on their own against the federal government. I.e. governor Brown of California at the g20 talking about creating opportunities in clean energy with foreign countries away from the now DOA federal government.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)will fracture the democracy, Putin's dream.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)which was to satisfy his ego by becoming The Leader of the Free World (a position that now actually seems to be occupied by Angela Merkel) so everybody will kiss his ass and put his picture on magazine covers. The corresponding goal is, of course, enrichment - or the prevention of the loss of any existing wealth. Had he not become president he could have kept making money on the QT by helping the Russians launder it through various dodgy banks and real estate transactions; but now that he is president he is in the awkward position of having to keep Russia happy and fend off various investigations.
What he's doing is sinister enough, but I doubt he has any political or ideological goals. Hitler, for example, had a vision (a terrible one, to be sure) of Germany as the representative of a Master Race that would dominate the world. While Trump sort of talks like that (as in his Poland speech), he has no long-term vision, sinister or otherwise; he just wants to be the richest, most important and most adored person in the world.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)And I'd argue that he had no clue of the implications of his speech in Poland, he just read the thing that some other nefarious fuck wrote!
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)Trump is just a tool.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)Trump don't do no plan! You know like booking a hotel room in advance.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)It's inevitable, don't you think?
KG
(28,749 posts)CincyDem
(6,281 posts)and that someone probably has the initials DJT.