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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 09:52 AM Jul 2016

Why isn't this big news? Trump's campaign chairman lobbied for fascist Russian puppet TEN+ YEARS

It's casually mentioned as an aside in paragraph two of a buried article today:

Throughout the campaign, Trump has been dismissive of calls for supporting the Ukraine government as it fights an ongoing Russian-led intervention. Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, worked as a lobbyist for the Russian-backed former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych for more than a decade.


And has been detailed here:
http://www.politifact.com/global-news/article/2016/may/02/paul-manafort-donald-trumps-top-adviser-and-his-ti/

Read it. Manafort is up to his ears in Putin fascist collaboration, in that dirtiest world of Russian oligarchs and warmongers that are stealing blind any economy they can get access too--whether by rote or by invasion.

How do you say "Secretary of State Manafort" in Russian?

(hat tip pampango)
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Why isn't this big news? Trump's campaign chairman lobbied for fascist Russian puppet TEN+ YEARS (Original Post) uhnope Jul 2016 OP
Wait until he gets his hands in the national security briefings kimbutgar Jul 2016 #1

kimbutgar

(21,060 posts)
1. Wait until he gets his hands in the national security briefings
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:34 AM
Jul 2016

I'm sure he'll be sharing them with Putin. And Cheeto will see if he can use it to his advantage for business dealings. I can see him blurting out something that should not be made political for a partisan dig at Hillary.

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