Trump & Putin
July 25th, 2016 at 8:38:08 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | Donald Trump really likes Vladimir Putin. "It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by [Putin], a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," the reality TV star said last December. Ah yes, a great honor. But isn't Putin a murderer?
I might be wrong, but perhaps Trump's kind words for Putin are directly related to the fact that Trump owes hundreds of millions of dollars to several wealthy Russians with ties to Putin.
And in Cleveland, when it was time for the Trump campaign to negotiate the GOP platform with Republican party activists, Trump's team was happy to sign off on every plank in the platform. Unlike every other modern convention, (Dem or GOP) there were no battles or disputes about the platform.
Are Trump's close ties to Ru$$ia a problem? [Photo: Donald Trump in Moscow] |
July 25th, 2016 at 9:02:51 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Much was made about JFK's religion, as though because he was Catholic he might show allegiance to a foreign leader rather than to his country. That was stretching a prejudice too far. In this case, though, it would be good to know what Trump owes to whom inside Russia, and how that debt is structured. But I don't expect any information from the man who hasn't even released his tax returns. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 25th, 2016 at 9:13:57 AM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4459 |
Ah come on Nareed you know that rich people don't ever pay any taxes. Thus no tax return ;-) "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
July 25th, 2016 at 2:17:48 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I wish the orange clown would say that. He'd get into so much trouble in the media, he'd need Dan Quayle to make a clever excuse for him. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 27th, 2016 at 9:15:37 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
Don't you worry, Nareed! Trump's refusal to release his tax returns has nothing to do with Russia!
Either Trump has something to hid in those taxes, or he just enjoys the drama of teasing the dumb voters.
Wouldn't it benefit Trump to eliminate the slightest suspicion that he's Putin's puppet? Surely there's nothing buried in Trump's taxes that's much worse than the shenanigans buried in Hillary's taxes. But maybe I'm wrong... |
July 27th, 2016 at 10:00:08 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I'm sure it doesn't. Just like his antipathy towards a US-born judge of Mexican parents is clearly and obviously a statement against illegal immigration. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 27th, 2016 at 10:22:16 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | Conservatives argue that the Lois Lerner IRS scandal proves that the IRS has occasionally abused its power for political reasons. (For the record, I agree that conservatives were right about Lerner.) So it's not an unreasonable conspiracy theory for Republicans to be worried that an IRS employee might leak Trump's tax returns to the media to sabotage his campaign. If it turns out that there are indeed financial ties to Russian billionaires, (all of whom are friends of Putin) then that would completely change the context of Trump's plan to disband NATO. Trump would either lose the election or be impeached. |
July 27th, 2016 at 10:57:08 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
If people think his tax returns are so damning they'd derail his campaign, and I doubt they are, then all the more reason he should release them now.
I wish. By this point, the only way I can see he would lose his supporters, is if he promises to do rational immigration reform. Can he be impeached before he's sworn in? What happens if he is? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 27th, 2016 at 11:23:56 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
I'm not sure his supporters are aware that in 2013, Trump wanted to abolish national borders:
I'm not sure his supporters are aware that in June 2016, Trump praised Obama's immigration policy!
I noticed that AZDuffman has had no comment in this thread... |
July 27th, 2016 at 11:33:28 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I don't think it matter to them. he's openly a bigot now, and that's the thing they want the most. The problem is not that his supporters don't realize how racist Trump is. The problem is they want him because he's racist. They don't care if he bankrupts the country. They don't care if he sucks Putin's dick once a day and twice on Sundays. They want a white, isolated country. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |