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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey say "covert multimillion-dollar online manipulation campaign" like it's a bad thing! SO fake.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-jr-2016-help-gulf-princes-emissary_us_5b0080c9e4b0a046186c8156
Prior to the 2016 election, Donald Trump Jr. recalls a meeting with Erik Prince, George Nader and another individual who may be Joel Zamel, Futerfas said in an emailed statement. They pitched Mr. Trump Jr. on a social media platform or marketing strategy. He was not interested and that was the end of it.
A company connected to Zamel also worked on a proposal for a covert multimillion-dollar online manipulation campaign to help Trump, utilizing thousands of fake social media accounts, the New York Times report said.
The envoy, Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, told Trump, Jr. that the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE were eager to help his father win the 2016 presidential election, the paper said.
Since 1974, the United States has barred foreign nationals from giving money to political campaigns and it later barred them from donating to political parties. The campaign financing laws also prohibit foreign nationals from coordinating with a campaign and from buying an ad that explicitly calls for the election or defeat of a candidate.
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They say "covert multimillion-dollar online manipulation campaign" like it's a bad thing! SO fake. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
May 2018
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)1. Andddd
guys like Eric Prince can be counted on to be honest and forthright...always right? Like having a cast of felons in cellblock 5 covering for each other when the guard catches someone doing ill.
underpants
(182,879 posts)2. Accurate reporting on this would be a three point process
A. Continually reiterate that there WAS meddling
B. Highlight how easily the public is manipulated (including the science involved) even though that would detrimental to the news industry's advertisers*
C. The obvious involvement of the Trump campaign with Russians
*keeping ratings high by cultivating the idea that Trump was at all a reasonable option was the #1 key to the election outcome. Daily wall to wall free coverage of him or any product can sell any product.
My 2 cents