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DFW

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16. Friends with Turkish connections have told me more than once

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 06:22 PM

Oct 2019

No major real estate deal goes down in Turkey without Erdoğan or a member of his family getting a cut. They are all billionaires now. I'd say there is ample spare change left over to help out Trump with his debts in return for letting Erdoğan murder a few dozen thousand Kurds without so much as a whimper from the USA.

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It was a FAKE ( Trumpian) barn door closing. Hope someone in NCjack Oct 2019 #10

Trump must have gotten something sweet for himself out of the deal then. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #2

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What would happen on twitter if ANY sort of investigation public or private looked into TT Instanbul Bearware Oct 2019 #13

Friends with Turkish connections have told me more than once DFW Oct 2019 #16

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Maybe it is a product of Trump's "thinking with his gut", but to me NCjack Oct 2019 #11

One of those days when I feel like his case of losing his mind is contagious Lulu KC Oct 2019 #5

Yesterday Trump promised to bankrupt the Turkish economy bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #6

That will NEVER happen, it would hurt tRump Tower Istanbul. groundloop Oct 2019 #7

I fear that's a risk Erdoğan is all too happy to take. Eugene Oct 2019 #8

"The United States does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to Turkey that this operation Marie Marie Oct 2019 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2019 #14

Bloody Tiny Hands! dchill Oct 2019 #15