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In reply to the discussion: Yes or No, Do you still believe that Trump conspired with Russia? [View all]Texin
(2,854 posts)He's been playing footsie with various Russians since the late '80s in order to gain a foothold in Moscow for a vanity-branded hotel there. The one thing I know for sure is this: Putin wanted those Obama-imposed sanctions against the Russians who hacked the U.S. election process and hacked into the Democratic National computer servers lifted. Putin's useful servant got those sanctions to go away. The simple truth of the matter is that tRump and virtually all rethugs aspire to the kind of wealth and impunity that the oligarchs have in Russia (and members of corrupt royals like the Sauds). They'll do anything to get it - and indeed, they have done and will continue to do it until every natural resource is stripped, the coffers bled dry and the planet is left a desolate, worthless heap, and uninhabitable. The only mystery to me is where they think they'll find to escape in the aftermath.