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crazytown

(7,277 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 03:34 AM Nov 2018

The $50m PFP makes things real for America.

Sometimes it’s the ‘little’ that make a difference. The long twisted trail through Russian Ex-pat Mobs, the Oligarchs, Manafort, The GRU, Wikileaks, the NRA may not be easy to stomach, it isn’t easy to digest either.

The $50m Penthouse For Putin ticks all the boxes - it’s a real estate deal - A Penthouse for Putin, a Tower For Trump. Easy to understand, wholly consistent with DJT’s image. And nobody is denying it either.

Bow to Putin, get a deal. It damages Trump precisely because it’s a comfortable fit. It’s a big fucking deal.

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The $50m PFP makes things real for America. (Original Post) crazytown Nov 2018 OP
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Wow crazytown Nov 2018 #2
Not sure I'd go that far, but... regnaD kciN Nov 2018 #3
Yeah. It makes a difference but crazytown Nov 2018 #4
Congress is going to investigate. Trump will not survive this politically. I doubt Mike Pence will ffr Nov 2018 #5
Trump offered an 50M bribe to Putin; it's criminal plus gave Putin more kompromat on Trump stuffmatters Nov 2018 #6
PFP TFT. rec, NT. Mc Mike Dec 2018 #7
LOL crazytown Dec 2018 #8

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
3. Not sure I'd go that far, but...
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 03:58 AM
Nov 2018

...I remember, many months into the Watergate scandal, the morning the news broke that, in addition to all his electoral malfeasance, Nixon had also used federal funds for expensive improvements and renovations to his personal homes in San Clemente and Key Biscayne. While most of us were thinking this was another drop in the bucket after everything from enemies' lists to taping Oval Office meetings, my father announced that, now, Nixon was really finished. His reasoning is that everything so far had been in the realm of electoral politics, and most Americans considered that "inside baseball" stuff; everyone did it and it was part of the game. However, once it came down to something as simple-to-understand and personalized as "the bastard was using my tax dollars to enrich himself," the tide would turn.

Will this have the same impact? Hard to say, but it might be the little matters of simple graft and corruption that bring down this presidency, as much as attacks on our democracy.

crazytown

(7,277 posts)
4. Yeah. It makes a difference but
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 04:06 AM
Nov 2018

whether it makes The difference is up for grabs. Dollars make sense to Joe Sixpack. The publicity is unalloyed bad news for Trump.

ffr

(22,668 posts)
5. Congress is going to investigate. Trump will not survive this politically. I doubt Mike Pence will
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 04:30 AM
Nov 2018

be far behind too. He's had his own share of lying to the American people. I'm sure he's up to his eyeballs as well.



"Just to button up one question. Did any advisor or anybody in the Trump campaign have any contact with the Russians...?"

Mike Pence: "Oh of course not..."


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