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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:54 PM Jul 2016

DON'T stop talking about Comrade Trumpovich...

He's already claimed Putin as a friend, which would ordinarily be meaningless since everyone's his "friend"; but it looks like he owes his business to Putin, making Pootie-Poot more than just a buddy:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-putin-yes-it-s-really-a-thing

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/donald-trump-the-siberian-candidate.html?_r=0

He owes Russian oligarchs and banks hundreds of millions because American banks don't trust him to pay. What, besides paying the loans, has he promised the Russian mob?

Keep pushing it-- Teflon Don has managed to bullshit his way out of everything else, but this one has to stick.

On edit-- I had hundreds of "billions" Of course, one could always argue that it's only 3 zeros-- just two more zeros than Trump himself is.

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DON'T stop talking about Comrade Trumpovich... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 OP
LOCK HIM UP Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #1
+1 MichiganVote Jul 2016 #2
We just need to call the Trumps "Boris and Natasha" LisaM Jul 2016 #3
Comrade Boris Trumpov Still In Wisconsin Jul 2016 #4
I can tell you this.... apcalc Jul 2016 #5
Warren needs to take this on Funtatlaguy Jul 2016 #6
I agree we should ride the facts of this story thucythucy Jul 2016 #7
You're right-- fingers slipped... TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 #8
No problem. thucythucy Jul 2016 #9

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
3. We just need to call the Trumps "Boris and Natasha"
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:58 PM
Jul 2016

It just fits so perfectly.

(I didn't make this up, but I like it!)

apcalc

(4,461 posts)
5. I can tell you this....
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:58 PM
Jul 2016

He won't be reneging on his debts with the Russian mob. They'll crush him if he tries that crap with them.

thucythucy

(7,986 posts)
7. I agree we should ride the facts of this story
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 05:07 PM
Jul 2016

out to the bitter end, where ever they may lead (and I think they lead to Trump's connections to the Russian mafia: a coterie of banksters, mercenaries, and ex-KGB plutocrats).

But I think saying Trump owes them "hundreds of billions" is going overboard. Hundreds of millions, maybe. Billions, possibly. But hundreds of billions puts Trump in a league I think is far beyond his actual reach.

Trump is more of a bit player than he'd like us to believe. Which is why he's so easily manipulated by forces like the Russian mafia.

But yes, by all means, let's pursue this story. we can't possibly allow one of Putin's lackeys to be in charge of the nuclear codes.

As much as I hate to say it, I think George Will is onto something. Trump won't release his taxes because they'll show how tied he is to Russian interests.

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