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samsingh

(17,595 posts)
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 04:53 PM Sep 2020

Eric Trump in 2014: 'We have all the funding we need out of Russia'

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Source: The Hill


"I said, 'Eric, who’s funding? I know no banks — because of the recession, the Great Recession — have touched a golf course. You know, no one’s funding any kind of golf construction. It’s dead in the water the last four or five years,'” the writers told WBUR.

"And this is what he said. He said, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.’"

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we

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George II

(67,782 posts)
1. People wonder why he's known as the stupid brother (although junior gives him a run for his money)
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 04:54 PM
Sep 2020

dem4decades

(11,282 posts)
2. Great question for Biden. "Your son said you get all your money from Russia, is that who you owe
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:01 PM
Sep 2020

the $420 million to?

samsingh

(17,595 posts)
3. where are the ads on this?
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:02 PM
Sep 2020

George II

(67,782 posts)
6. I'm sure they're in the works - we may see them from several sources: The Lincoln Project, or...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:27 PM
Sep 2020

...MeidasTouch, or republican Voters against trump, or several others who are putting out great ads.

samsingh

(17,595 posts)
8. i hope so
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:50 PM
Sep 2020

Varaddem

(432 posts)
4. +1000
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:03 PM
Sep 2020

dem4decades

(11,282 posts)
5. It would be a good come back if Trump brings up Hunter.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:04 PM
Sep 2020

Shermann

(7,412 posts)
7. That didn't age well nt
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:46 PM
Sep 2020

IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)
9. We may be Russian to conclusions
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:59 PM
Sep 2020

uncle ray

(3,156 posts)
10. "We've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they're really invested in our programs."
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 06:13 PM
Sep 2020

oh, you poor, poor ignorant fool.

colorado_ufo

(5,733 posts)
11. I remember this well and have been thinking of it!
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 07:07 PM
Sep 2020

I just didn't know where the source was - thanks! And now Eric is supposed to testify under oath? This should be amazing!

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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
13. LOCKING
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 08:36 PM
Sep 2020

Alert: link is from 2017. Not LBN

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