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In reply to the discussion: It isn't about mineral rights we are in a full on coup. [View all]
AntiFascist
(13,751 posts)54. "How Russian Money Helped Save Trump's Business"
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But Trump eventually made a comeback, and according to several sources with knowledge of Trump’s business, foreign money played a large role in reviving his fortunes, in particular investment by wealthy people from Russia and the former Soviet republics. This conclusion is buttressed by a growing body of evidence amassed by news organizations, as well as what is reportedly being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Southern District of New York. It is a conclusion that even Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has appeared to confirm, saying in 2008—after the Trump Organization was prospering again—that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”
Trump’s former longtime architect, Alan Lapidus, echoed this view in an interview with FP this month. Lapidus said that based on what he knew from the internal workings of the organization, in the aftermath of Trump’s earlier financial troubles “he could not get anybody in the United States to lend him anything. It was all coming out of Russia. His involvement with Russia was deeper than he’s acknowledged.”
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/
But Trump eventually made a comeback, and according to several sources with knowledge of Trump’s business, foreign money played a large role in reviving his fortunes, in particular investment by wealthy people from Russia and the former Soviet republics. This conclusion is buttressed by a growing body of evidence amassed by news organizations, as well as what is reportedly being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Southern District of New York. It is a conclusion that even Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has appeared to confirm, saying in 2008—after the Trump Organization was prospering again—that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”
Trump’s former longtime architect, Alan Lapidus, echoed this view in an interview with FP this month. Lapidus said that based on what he knew from the internal workings of the organization, in the aftermath of Trump’s earlier financial troubles “he could not get anybody in the United States to lend him anything. It was all coming out of Russia. His involvement with Russia was deeper than he’s acknowledged.”
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/
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The next thing is finding "an emergency" in order to declare martial law and make crypto our currency.
Botany
Feb 2025
#4
And I thought it was just going to be a little garden variety kleptocracy,
yellow dahlia
Feb 2025
#34
A Trump and Russia connection? 2,500 contacts between Putin's Alfa Bank and the Trump Campaign
Botany
Feb 2025
#9
Those 2 Female Admirals one in the Coast Guard and one in the Navy would never have achieved their
Botany
Feb 2025
#11
I don't want them to step down. I want them to stand and disobey. I want them to resist fascism.
Magoo48
Feb 2025
#13
Stepping down in the military is a sure precursor of a successful coup and iron grip on the nation's reins.
KPN
Feb 2025
#24
I no longer believe so. I don't see the Republicans in Congress stepping up to impeach and remove Trump.
KPN
Feb 2025
#25
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allegorical oracle
Feb 2025
#27
Well, that's good to know. Maybe wwe can survive until 2026 and take back the Senate and House. We shall see.
KPN
Feb 2025
#28
A bully isn't concerned about fairness, rights, justice. A bully takes whatever he can get away with. And then
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Feb 2025
#17
Even the Russians know Trump is a traitor. His code name was of a traitor to the Soviet Union in WW II.
Botany
Feb 2025
#21
Modern America, as flawed as it is, stands in the way of the despoilers of the world.
enigmania
Feb 2025
#22