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cafetero
Joined 2015
Posts: 2328

6 years ago

completely off topic and nothing to do with Colombia

6 years ago

I have been reading a lot lately about the bromance between Trump and Putin and all the loans and business support that Trump Family has received from Russian banks over the past 30 years. It occurs to me that Trump is somewhat of a disaster business-wise with so many failed projects and bankruptcies in his past. In fact it is somewhat of a mystery in the business world how the orange idiot has survived financially and it is an absolute amazement that he has actually become a billionaire in spite of his enormous boondoggles.

What if......just speculating here.....what if Russia is actually propping up the Trump businesses over the years with unorthodox banking support? The return on investment for the Russians would be Trump´s efforts to derail American politics and particularly derail the Obama administration (remember the fake news birther disaster) and later to derail Hillary Clinton (remember the fake news email scandal - that actually pales in comparison to recent Trump scandals). Not trying to defend Hillary. In my opinion she was not the best candidate to run against Trump.

What if Russian (particularly Putin) are using Trump to destabilize American politics for the past 8 years or possibly even longer, for some personal or political gain for the Russians? It appears they are doing an excellent job of it. Trump´s presidential win was just a sheer windfall for the Russians, yes?

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