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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)This kills him.
Walking-Complex-- this is Trump.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)http://reverbpress.com/world/donald-trump-russian-mafia-manchurian-candidate/
Lets start with Felix Sater, whose father is a Russian Organized Crime boss, and who is one of the direct links between the Republican party Nominee for the Presidency of the United States of America, and Russian Organized Crime. Sater, the Russian émigré and a felon convicted twice over ties to the Mafia, has appeared in many photos with Trump, and reportedly carried a Trump Organization business card with the title of Senior Advisor to Donald Trump. Sater also served time in prison for a 1991 assault at El Rio Grande restaurant in New York. He is also an executive of Bayrock Group LLC, a real estate development firm that has partnered with Trump in different projects; the founding chairman of Bayrock, Tevfik Arif, is known for its ties with Russian organized crime. In 2010 he was even charged in Turkey for the crime of smuggling underage girls into the country for prostitution purposes (something, its worth noting, very similar to what Trumps friend and fellow billionaire, the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of the same Jeffrey Epstein whom Trump is accused of raping a 13 year old girl with).
As explained by The Washington Post, there is also strong evidence on Trumps businesses receiving significant funding from different Russian investors. In fact, in 2008, Donald Trump Jr. said at a conference:
Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets we see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.
Inside Moscow, he has never built a property, but not because he has not tried.
Trumps advisers also have financial ties in Russia. Paul Manafort, Trumps campaign manager, got an investment fund for a Russian aluminium magnate who is now suing him saying Manafort disappeared with $19 million. He also tried to establish a multimillion-dollar real estate project with funds from a Ukranian energy tycoon, although this was unsuccessful, and worked as an adviser to Ukraines Putin-backed president. And Manafort may still be on the payroll of a pro-Putin Ukranian politician.
Indeed, there is evidence that the Trump campaign even flexed its muscles as the nominees campaign to alter the Republican Party platform in favor of Russias annexation of Crimea something Trump has even said he would consider. And while the Trump campaign denies strong-arming the platform committee, high ranking Republicans insist its true.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Augiedog
(2,546 posts)2naSalit
(86,600 posts)that has something in the lower right corner... saw it on teevee upstairs this weekend, it's not just a flag it has some other image like maybe cycle and hammer.
IronLionZion
(45,440 posts)his name is tied to Trump for the rest of his life now.
The GOP needs to lose elections for several generations after this shit show
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Look to him leaving as a much wealthier man in the end.
Money covers shame like paper covers rock.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Shock Doctrine on steroids!
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)He never reads any of this shit...he'd just sign it.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Where do uncaptured mouse clicks go?[/center][/font][hr]
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)like a 4 year old who just took it's first dump on the toilet all by themselves and needs to be praised has given us this photo to alter.
IronLionZion
(45,440 posts)put in a nice official looking folder
Dipshits
spooky3
(34,451 posts)The big money people are powerful if not altruistic. If they get sick enough of his insanity and perceive a worsening threat to their bottom lines they may be able to get him out of there. I have no confidence that they can make him more reasonable.
The problem is that would leave us with Pence and with a Republican-controlled House and Senate. At a macro level it may be better for them to implode so badly that a lot of pumpers will be hurt by their actions and finally open their eyes and clean house. But at a micro level, a lot of damage would be done.