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Trump is really an American 'Russian oligarch'? (Original Post) triron Jun 2017 OP
No. Else You Are Mad Jun 2017 #1
Russian oligarchs are kleptocratic tools of the state sharedvalues Jun 2017 #4
Kick orangecrush Jun 2017 #2
From August but still valid. applegrove Jun 2017 #3

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
1. No.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:48 PM
Jun 2017

Trump is a failure of a businessman that only has a reputation of being a good businessman man because he had a reality show and a book. Take those two things out of the equation and he is just like Paris Hilton. Most Russian oligarchs are cut throat capitalists that never failed at their businesses.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
4. Russian oligarchs are kleptocratic tools of the state
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:27 PM
Jun 2017

Oligarchs in Russia serve at the pleasure of Putin. He can and does take away their money if he wishes to.

orangecrush

(19,574 posts)
2. Kick
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:49 PM
Jun 2017

Prophetic.

Might help if you put a couple paragraphs in your op so people can see what it's about.


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