Trump's deep connections to dirty Russian money: The trail leads back more than 30 years

[DonViejo]

FRIDAY, JUL 14, 2017 08:05 AM EDT

Donald Trump’s deep connections to dirty Russian money: The trail leads back more than 30 years

As Craig Unger's new investigative report makes clear, Russian mob money financed Trump's business for years

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

On Air Force One on Thursday, President Trump actually took questions from reporters but there was some confusion about whether or not the exchange was on the record. The White House later released a transcript that left out a couple of things. Since reporters were released from their agreement to keep it off the record, they filled in the blanks:

Link to tweet

So we are getting closer to an admission that our president knew that representatives of the Russian government wanted to help him win the election. He simply doesn’t believe there’s anything wrong with that.

We know for sure that he doesn’t think there’s anything unusual about it. He told the reporters:

<< Honestly, in a world of politics, most people are going to take that meeting. If somebody called and said, hey — and you’re a Democrat — and by the way, they have taken them — hey, I have really some information on Donald Trump. You’re running against Donald Trump. Can I see you? I mean, how many people are not going to take the meeting? >>

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick.

[Squinch]

2. Yes, it does lead back that far. My family had a construction trades company

in NYC in those years. We wouldn't even contract with one of the subcontractors on a Trump(R) job, even in the leanest years. First, we knew no one was going to get paid, and second, Trump(R)'s ties were so dirty the filth rubbed off on anyone even remotely associated with him.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Gee, that's about the time that American banks got smart and refused to lend

Trump any more money that he wouldn't repay.

[DK504]

5. I swear any second now he will blurt out his participation

in his treason and collusion in a tweet. One of his "not many people know this" but I have been Putin's bitch for decades. He's gonna do it, becasue he is that stupid.