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In a preview of a Newsweek article due to be released Tuesday morning, MSNBCs Rachel Maddow explained that writer Kurt Eichenwald has uncovered evidence that President-elect Donald Trump may have already been compromised by a foreign leader holding the power to threaten his overseas holdings to gain a political advantage.
According to Maddow, Trump has a business relationship with the Dogan family which is building twin towers in Turkey bearing the Trump name for which the Trump family stands to make millions of dollars.
The day after our presidential election in this country, one of the world leaders who called up Trump tower and spoke with the president-elect was the president of Turkey, Maddow explained. And one of the perk up your ears strange things reported about that call is that while Donald Trump was on the phone taking that congratulatory phone call from the president of Turkey, in that same call, Mr. Trump brought up to the president of turkey by name that executive from the Dogan company, the guy who was the key guy on trumps big twin towers in Istanbul.
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Now Newsweek reports that Turkey has figured out how to turn that to their advantage and how to put the President of the United States over a barrel in the process, Maddow explained. On December 1st, the top representative of the Dogan country, in Turkeys capital city, got arrested by the Turkish police. Again, Trump as president-elect had taken an official call from the Turkish president and used that occasion to tell the Turkish president how much this one particular company meant to him, going so far as to name specific executives.
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Maddow then got to the heart of the matter.
Turkey desperately wants the U.S. government to extradite an imam [Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen], Maddow explained. They [the U.S.] have said that they are not extraditing him. But if thats what you wanted, what if you could squeeze the personal financial interests of the American president as a way to get what you want from the American government?
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/its-happening-maddow-previews-explosive-newsweek-story-that-hints-at-turkeys-blackmail-of-trump/
spanone
(135,823 posts)Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)Once he's sworn in he's immortal. We need to do something now before you need a congressional vote to arrest him.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Will there be a Trump Tower War like the War of Jenkin's Ear, only more bigly?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)President-elect was set to outline his plans on Dec. 15
A new date for the announcement hasnt been set, but it will be before his inauguration on Jan. 20, they said.
edited to say:
Just found this post by highplainsdem:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028359073
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)Amazing that we're even in this situation.
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)and nothing matters?!1
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...to obtain U.S. government action.
moondust
(19,972 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 13, 2016, 01:36 AM - Edit history (1)
Gulen is a Muslim. Therefore Drumpf will be happy to turn the Muslim over if it will help smooth the waters with Turkey's despot. Fortunately, I don't think a President has the power to extradite someone on his/her own.
Meanwhile, some other countries are probably working on their own plans to use Drumpf's local properties and business partners as leverage to get what they want from the United States government.
NBachers
(17,103 posts)And the republicans gloat & twerk.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)this story is more of a speculation, IMO.
Really need to stay on message in regards to Russia:
1. Evidence Trump has investments from Russia
2. Evidence Trump invested in Russia
3. Conflict of interest with Russia
4. Businesses Trump may already have in Russia
etc.....