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Miles Archer

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Fri May 15, 2026, 03:13 PM 12 hrs ago

REALISTICALLY looking at what Putin actually "has" on Trump, all conspiracy theories aside [View all]

I think we have to completely remove any financial controversies from the equation, and I base that on the debate with Hillary Clinton, in which he actually says being a tax fraud "makes him smart."



EVERY TIME, without exception, that he got busted for ANYTHING involving money, he wrote a check to buy his way out of it, "without admitting guilt," and then took a victory lap for being "completely exonerated."

So NO ONE...including Putin...is going to spook him over financial fraud, because he doesn't give a fuck. He KNOWS what he's done, and his attitude is "Come GET me," and whether he's right or wrong on this, he's convinced that will never happen.

It's GOT TO BE something along the lines of the EPSTEIN scandal, where Putin has him dead to rights, and he KNOWS that releasing whatever damaging info he has would be something Trump could not outrun.

I don't think it has ANYTHING TO DO WITH a couple of Russian hookers whizzing on him, unless they were underaged.

I'm assuming it has to be something SO INCRIMINATING that NO ONE could turn a blind eye to it.
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