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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 12:46 AM Jun 2017

In 2010 a Russian bank controlled by Putin took over a loan for a Trump Tower in Toronto. It had

been defaulted on before then. And so the Russians bailed out Trump. His hatred of Obama might have been fueled at that point, before the correspondents' dinner.

See:http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/17/trump_toronto_hotel_reportedly_got_some_help_from_a_big_russian_bank.html


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In 2010 a Russian bank controlled by Putin took over a loan for a Trump Tower in Toronto. It had (Original Post) Akamai Jun 2017 OP
He has said he has had no business dealings with Russia. I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg Doodley Jun 2017 #1
I bet you're keeerect! Akamai Jun 2017 #2

Doodley

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1. He has said he has had no business dealings with Russia. I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 12:52 AM
Jun 2017

of his involvement with Russia. He isn't trying to discredit and disrupt the Russian investigations just for the hell of it.

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