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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho will profit from Trump's border wall?
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2019/01/19/letter-who-will-profit/"Evraz, Russia's second-largest steel company, owns three American steel companies: one in Pueblo, Colo., one in Portland, Ore., and one in Chicago. Russian Roman Abramovich, who lives in Moscow, owns the controlling shares in these "American" steel companies.
If Evraz gets a contract to supply steel slats for a border wall, a lot of our hard-earned tax dollars will end up in the pockets of Russian oligarch Abramovich and his cronies, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Interestingly, Ivanka Trump is friends with Abramovich's wife.
NOTE - This comes from the Salt Lake City Tribune, not some left wing rag like the NY Times.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He'll have assurances from the builders before they get the contracts that they'll give campaign contributions to him which he'll funnel into his pockets with. He's using that ploy with many thing too, like policies sales , and the upcoming infrastructure contractors also. It'll all be scams to funnel money to himself or others for him.
kimbutgar
(27,558 posts)Hell get a kickback and help his Russian friends.
Cybersecurity is a bigger problem than his stupid wall.
Thanks for posting this!!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Trump Crime Syndicate got to get their Grift on.
dalton99a
(95,317 posts)Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)That's a huge bombshell, as far as I'm concerned!
erronis
(24,541 posts)Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)No. No examples.
Harker
(18,162 posts)anything he does. Even when he seemingly does something for someone else, he's motivated by self interest.
It's automatic.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,318 posts)stuffmatters
(2,580 posts)Abramovitch(Evraz) has been a major link between Trump and Putin in plain sight for a long time. Hope finally the MSM begins to
pay attn & report.
RainCaster
(13,888 posts)This is a brnefit to Russia in EVERYTHING that traitor does.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Expose this bastard now!
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