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30. It could have all along been another putin dangle
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 04:19 AM
Nov 2018

Knowing trump was desperate for a deal ,and putin didn't go through with it because he wanted the sanctions lifted first before he committed, then after they were lifted his project would be approved. trump didn't end the talks for it,he lied again about it, it was putin.

Why did Trump Tower Moscow project end? [View all] AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 OP
What makes you think it did end? Eko Nov 2018 #1
Didn't Cohen say it ended in June 2016? nt AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #2
And you believe him? Eko Nov 2018 #4
I don't not believe him nt AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #9
K&R; Why believe a liar? read this: Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #29
No, he just said they were pursuing it through at least June 2016. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #15
Ah Ha! Thanks, SunSeeker! Cha Nov 2018 #23
The Oligarchs did not want to pay for it? ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2018 #3
Putin didn't need it anymore? dawg day Nov 2018 #5
This is what I think, too AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #7
Or, Putin substituted an even bigger carrot, the presidency nt AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #8
The sanctions were not lifted? Jacoby365 Nov 2018 #6
If the project ended mid-2016, too early for that nt AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #10
I was thinking that possibly the project was put on hold Jacoby365 Nov 2018 #14
Russians at the Trump Tower meeting moondust Nov 2018 #11
Sanctions weren't lifted when Trump took office as the Kremlin had hoped. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #12
How does that square with the deal falling apart in June? nt AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #13
I don't think the deal fell apart. It just went into limbo. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #18
Russians knew all along that IQ45 had no actual MONEY OF HIS OWN to fund such a project ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #16
and then dweller Nov 2018 #19
I think it looked bad for a candidate for president Jarqui Nov 2018 #20
The Russians probably never intended to do the deal in the first place. RDANGELO Nov 2018 #17
Putin was never going to allow that shit to be built in his country JI7 Nov 2018 #21
Putin can build it himself if there is money to be made world wide wally Nov 2018 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author .99center Nov 2018 #24
Maybe Putin got a look at his tax returns DFW Nov 2018 #25
putin probably seen what happened to Atlantic City, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2018 #26
It was never going to happen, Trump is a gullible fool and Putin bested him. nt greyl Nov 2018 #27
The tower was the carrot randr Nov 2018 #28
It could have all along been another putin dangle duforsure Nov 2018 #30
In Craig Unger's book "House of Putin, House of Trump" DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #31
It didn't end Johnny2X2X Nov 2018 #32
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