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    Some have suggested it wasn't true. This is some investigative reporting to consider.

    Why is this important? It is important because Trump continues to influence. One of the best ways you can help an autocrat is to help them willingly. Do things for them they never asked, like storming the capital. Well, I think he did suggest.


    "The report also found that Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime business associate of Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was a Russian intelligence officer, and may have been linked to the Russian military’s hacking and leaking of the D.N.C. emails in the first place."


    "And remember: Mr. Trump tried this scheme again. The president was impeached for his efforts to invite foreign interference in the 2020 election, this time by Ukraine, again on his behalf. Part of that requested interference involved an attempt to smear Joe Biden. But the other part involved pinning the 2016 election interference on Ukraine rather than on Russia. Who was “almost certainly” one of the primary sources spreading that claim in the media, according to the senators’ report? None other than Konstantin Kilimnik.



    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/o...smid=url-share

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    And, his weakening of NATO is exactly where Putin was wanting to go. As Bolton said, "Trump is Putin's idiot".

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    Both Putin and Trump use religion, but Putin actually believed it.

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    I’m thinking of the Evangelicals that considered Trump their savior, as a servant sent by God. It’s the same myth Putin generates for himself.

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    I am reading Timothy Snyder's book, The Road to Unfreedom where he talks about Paul Manafort's grooming of Vicktor Yanukovych and basing his campaign on cultural differences only to do the same as Trump's advisor.

    Reminds me of Tennesse's Senator Blackburn airing "conservative grievances" out of context yesterday. The Republicans are the minority in the US for a reason.

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    Viral 'Crime Infested' Trump Tower Thread Details Convicted Criminals, Russian Mobster Tenants Over The Years

    The largest subgroup of shady tenants who either previously or currently stay in Trump Tower are tied to the Russian mafia including Vadim Trincher, David Bogatin and Vyacheslav Ivankov. As the "Zeddy" Twitter thread lays out, several of these Russian mob figures including Ivankov even went on the lam inside Trump World Tower as the FBI conducted worldwide manhunts.

    https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tower...owners-1452138

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    President Trump is a Russian asset who has laundered money for Vladimir Putin for decades in order to save his struggling casinos.

    "This is all about failed casinos," the New York City advertising executive said on "Morning Joe." "[Trump] is owned by Putin because he’s been laundering money, Russian money, for the last 20, 30 years. He’s owned by them.”

    “You talk to any banker in New York, any business person in New York, any real estate person … we have a president that’s selling out our military, that’s costing lives, because he is owned by our geopolitical enemy," he continued. "Because he’s been laundering money for him as a criminal organization for the last 30 years."


    https://www.foxnews.com/media/donald...an-asset-msnbc
    Last edited by Chip; March 24th, 2022 at 10:37 PM.

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    Of course there is a seven hour gap!

    Ha!

    Reuters.com: White House logs show over 7-hr gap in Trump call record on Jan. 6 -report.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...rt-2022-03-29/

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    Default Re: The Trump/ Russia Relationship

    Quote Originally Posted by TSherbs View Post
    Of course there is a seven hour gap! Ha!
    That's the time difference between DC and Moscow.

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    Default Re: The Trump/ Russia Relationship

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TSherbs View Post
    Of course there is a seven hour gap! Ha!
    That's the time difference between DC and Moscow.
    Ok that's funny!

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