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calimary

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56. I did a fair amount of reading then, myself.

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:11 AM

Jan 2017

I remember something about this. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo, and Charlie Pierce of Esquire and other people. Might have been on HuffPo, might have been from Raw Story, but there were articles and comments galore about how the Russians are WAY into him, financially. They do indeed prop up his projects from over there because he's had so many bankruptcies that American banks won't lend to him anymore. Charles Pierce has written that the whole many-tentacled Russian affair should be the ONE question that keeps getting asked all the way to the election, and then after the election, he updated, writing that the same affair should be the ONE question that keeps getting asked all the way to the inauguration.

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Trump's Poor. And Putin knows it [View all] spinbaby Jan 2017 OP

I'm assuming that Putin holds a ton of Trump's paper... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #1

The Russian oligarchy, Russian banks, and Putin himself have everything they need on LuckyLib Jan 2017 #2

Why should I trust somebody who is not a CPA and has no business experience Johnathan146 Jan 2017 #3

He also didn't seem to grok dumbcat Jan 2017 #4

I think he does understand net worth. He's saying that if DT was forced to liquify immediately, pnwmom Jan 2017 #12

I trust my gut, and I'm not a CPA. That con-artist floats his money around to keep up appearances Hekate Jan 2017 #9

+1000. n/t pnwmom Jan 2017 #11

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #17

Also known as Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #23

I wish that German would get as much play as Luegenpresse did earlier. kaitcat47 Jan 2017 #29

A-yup, though in this case it's probably Yiddish Hekate Jan 2017 #32

Here's an article in Time from August.... their investigating largely agrees with the DKOs article groundloop Jan 2017 #52

It would not have mad any difference INdemo Jan 2017 #53

EXACTLY! dsharp88 Jan 2017 #5

that could be why bdamomma Jan 2017 #6

That is actually a major clue, afaiac. Hekate Jan 2017 #10

When he was able to get NY STAR exemption it told me enough Historic NY Jan 2017 #21

BINGO!! red dog 1 Jan 2017 #39

Yes PatSeg Jan 2017 #44

A con and a fraud SHRED Jan 2017 #7

And he invited a woman on a dinner date without bringing cash, milestogo Jan 2017 #8

At the grass roots level, it's called being a wage/debt slave. Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 #13

I did TONS of reading before the election sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #14

I remember reading something like that. HurricaneWarning Jan 2017 #19

I remember reading or hearing that Putin/ Russia bailed him out and saved Auntie Bush Jan 2017 #24

He's too stupid to know that he's selling out the whole country. HurricaneWarning Jan 2017 #26

No, he doesn't care. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #54

bankrupcty isn't an option for Russian bankers Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #41

Apparently it is an option.. sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #57

i keep hoping I'll wake up from this bad dream and find: tclambert Jan 2017 #35

Oh, I have dreams like that too. But the con-man couldn't care erronis Jan 2017 #49

I did a fair amount of reading then, myself. calimary Jan 2017 #56

Trump shows why Capitalism & Democracy cannot be left to their own devices Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #15

what are you talking about?????? eniwetok Jan 2017 #30

It explains why Trump has become Putin's rentboy. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2017 #16

Ew and double EW! YOHABLO Jan 2017 #33

This is accurate n/t flamingdem Jan 2017 #36

It's interesting that the press refers to him as a "billionaire"- solely on his claim that he is EffieBlack Jan 2017 #18

Well the IRS knows the truth. Probably the CIA and the Pres know as well. YOHABLO Jan 2017 #34

dump is a lying fuck and if he says it's sunny.. you can Cha Jan 2017 #20

I'm going to remember that, Cha. brer cat Jan 2017 #25

These are for #TeamDemocracy, brer.. Cha Jan 2017 #28

"Hallelujah, it's raining ... oh, wait..." spooky3 Jan 2017 #42

Ear worm of the day. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #55

:-) n/t spooky3 Jan 2017 #58

What you said I can affirm. leanforward Jan 2017 #22

Apparently those remote Scottish golf courses are a boondoggle much like the The_Casual_Observer Jan 2017 #27

let us not forget DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #31

So what do the Putinesqua's have on the US congress? erronis Jan 2017 #50

I would add that you hear a lot about Trump licensing his name for other Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #37

Maybe that is how Putin did it. He used oligarch money to lure applegrove Jan 2017 #38

K&R red dog 1 Jan 2017 #40

I have thought this all along. Anyone who crows about how many billions and japple Jan 2017 #43

Mark Cuban PatSeg Jan 2017 #46

If he can avoid getting impeached, he'll leave the office a billionaire. CrispyQ Jan 2017 #47

That's a big "if" PatSeg Jan 2017 #48

I've "heard" that he really didn't expect to win, which was why there was such lack of pre-planning libdem4life Jan 2017 #45

I keep thinking ymetca Jan 2017 #51

TRUMP CHANGE: IS DONALD TRUMP BROKE? mitty14u2 Jan 2017 #59

Great article spinbaby Jan 2017 #60