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OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump

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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#41 » by duetta » Fri Aug 3, 2018 12:42 am

Clyde_Style wrote:Trump said this week you need I.D. to buy groceries. He's a moron.

He's so silver spoon he has never shopped for himself once in his life.


He did offer to pay the Playboy playmate after having sex with her for the first time (she refused the money).
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#42 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 12:43 am

duetta wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:Trump said this week you need I.D. to buy groceries. He's a moron.

He's so silver spoon he has never shopped for himself once in his life.


He did offer to pay the Playboy playmate after having sex with her for the first time (she refused the money).


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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#43 » by DOT » Fri Aug 3, 2018 12:48 am

Dude had to pay nearly 300 grand to have sex twice

I don't think he's as good of a dealmaker as he says he is
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#44 » by Kampuchea » Fri Aug 3, 2018 1:27 am

Some of Trumps condos were bought by money launderers, doesn't seem like much of an issue to me. Being blown out of proportion by the media. Not sure why it's being posted as some kind of "got ya" moment here or on twitter.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#45 » by Dr. Detfink » Fri Aug 3, 2018 1:59 am

Like the Kennedy family didn't have relationships with the mob. I mean, he's an a-hole but this is tic-tac.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#46 » by god shammgod » Fri Aug 3, 2018 2:10 am

probably everybody who got a building built in new york city before 2000 had a relationship with the mob
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#47 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 2:21 am

god shammgod wrote:probably everybody who got a building built in new york city before 2000 had a relationship with the mob


There's some truth to that, but then again you never read the articles I provided about his mob connections so you're not fully informed yet.

For example, the casinos were used to wash mob money. He was even busted for it and paid a fine which amounted to a slap on the wrist.

Anyway, I've posted extensively about it many times. If you want to learn more, that's up to you.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#48 » by god shammgod » Fri Aug 3, 2018 2:32 am

Clyde_Style wrote:
god shammgod wrote:probably everybody who got a building built in new york city before 2000 had a relationship with the mob


There's some truth to that, but then again you never read the articles I provided about his mob connections so you're not fully informed yet.

For example, the casinos were used to wash mob money. He was even busted for it and paid a fine which amounted to a slap on the wrist.

Anyway, I've posted extensively about it many times. If you want to learn more, that's up to you.


i'm not saying it to exonerate him
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#49 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 2:40 am

god shammgod wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
god shammgod wrote:probably everybody who got a building built in new york city before 2000 had a relationship with the mob


There's some truth to that, but then again you never read the articles I provided about his mob connections so you're not fully informed yet.

For example, the casinos were used to wash mob money. He was even busted for it and paid a fine which amounted to a slap on the wrist.

Anyway, I've posted extensively about it many times. If you want to learn more, that's up to you.


i'm not saying it to exonerate him


I understand that. You were making a reasonable generalized observation. It just happened to follow two other messages professing befuddlement over a similar point and I encourage anyone who actually does think Trump's relationship to the mafia or Russian money launderers to be merely a casual coincidence to go back to the drawing board and read up some more. It is not casual. It has been intentional for decades now.

Trump's long history of crimes and associations will be covered extensively by the special counsel in due time and some of the charges brought against him for financial crimes will be handled by the NYS AG. The acts of treachery and crimes against the nation will be federal cases naturally.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#50 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 2:43 am

This was published a year ago and has become a classic piece of investigative journalism about Trump's criminal business dealings with the Russians.

Trump’s Russian Laundromat

https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#51 » by Bill Pidto » Fri Aug 3, 2018 3:38 am

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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#52 » by HarthorneWingo » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:23 am

K-DOT wrote:I give it 4 pages before it spirals out of control


I’m going with 8.


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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#53 » by HarthorneWingo » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:25 am

Are We Ther Yet wrote:Water is wet. What gets done about it? That's all I want to know.


It’ll happen in November if people get out to vote.


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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#54 » by HarthorneWingo » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:27 am

Clyde_Style wrote:
K-DOT wrote:I give it 4 pages before it spirals out of control


It is worth reading regardless of orientation though. With the many supporting articles linked in that thread, it is at least a valuable experience for anyone who actually cares to understand how these relationships and connections originated.

Trump's father was heavily wired into the New York Mafia and so was his son Donald.

It was not a direct line from American mobsters to Eastern European mobsters operating with state sponsorship. That happened due to Donald's inability to stay solvent with any business he started.

He blew through billions of American credit lines and became persona non grata with American lenders and had to go abroad to get financing to stay afloat. That led him straight into the arms of Russian financiers. He has been owned by them since.


Retired SCt Justice Kennedy’s son was the one who helped Trump secure loans from Deutche Bank


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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#55 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:31 am

HarthorneWingo wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
K-DOT wrote:I give it 4 pages before it spirals out of control


It is worth reading regardless of orientation though. With the many supporting articles linked in that thread, it is at least a valuable experience for anyone who actually cares to understand how these relationships and connections originated.

Trump's father was heavily wired into the New York Mafia and so was his son Donald.

It was not a direct line from American mobsters to Eastern European mobsters operating with state sponsorship. That happened due to Donald's inability to stay solvent with any business he started.

He blew through billions of American credit lines and became persona non grata with American lenders and had to go abroad to get financing to stay afloat. That led him straight into the arms of Russian financiers. He has been owned by them since.


Retired SCt Justice Kennedy’s son was the one who helped Trump secure loans from Deutche Bank


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Deutsche Bank clears Russian money. They have been a conduit for Putin for a long time

Deutsche Bank fined for $10 billion Russian money-laundering scheme

https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/31/investing/deutsche-bank-us-fine-russia-money-laundering/index.html
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#56 » by Clyde_Style » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:36 am

And you can bet your last red cent that Justice Kennedy is now being probed by the special counsel

What has happened with the Supreme Court may prove to be a criminal action. If Mueller links up any transactions with Kennedy that trace back to Trump in any shape or form, that's a whole new scandal with massive constitutional implications.

And it certainly does appear at this time that Kennedy either accepted some form of bribe to retire earlier or there was some form of leverage used to intimidate him into doing so. There certainly is nothing normal about the way this is going down.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#57 » by Adelheid » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:43 am

Can this be grounds for impeaching Trump?
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#58 » by earthmansurfer » Fri Aug 3, 2018 7:48 am

K-DOT wrote:Dude had to pay nearly 300 grand to have sex twice

I don't think he's as good of a dealmaker as he says he is


I disagree.
First, we don't actually know how many times he had sex with the two women.
And second, when you consider divorce settlements for a billionaire, he got a bargain basement price.

Anyway, interesting thread. As others said, so many connections to the Mafia in NY. When I was a kid, everyone and their uncle had a connection. Any problems could be solved with just 1 phone call as I remember.

Kennedy was a GREAT GREAT president. He got his money from his dad who was heavily connected to the mafia and their money had a lot to do with the Mafia. Doesn't mean JFK was a bad guy.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#59 » by cgmw » Fri Aug 3, 2018 8:26 am

There’s nothing more Russian than the rationale “that’s life, everybody does it, corruption is normal.”

Amazing to see such a vocal minority of Americans behaving so quintessentially Russian.
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Re: OT: Twitter Thread on 3 Decades of Russian & Mafia Relationships with Trump 

Post#60 » by ChilledAlex » Fri Aug 3, 2018 9:47 am

earthmansurfer wrote:
K-DOT wrote:Dude had to pay nearly 300 grand to have sex twice

I don't think he's as good of a dealmaker as he says he is


I disagree.
First, we don't actually know how many times he had sex with the two women.
And second, when you consider divorce settlements for a billionaire, he got a bargain basement price.

Anyway, interesting thread. As others said, so many connections to the Mafia in NY. When I was a kid, everyone and their uncle had a connection. Any problems could be solved with just 1 phone call as I remember.

Kennedy was a GREAT GREAT president. He got his money from his dad who was heavily connected to the mafia and their money had a lot to do with the Mafia. Doesn't mean JFK was a bad guy.


So you're saying Trump is a good guy and russian mafia ruling states is a good thing.

GOTCHA

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