MSNBC Host: "I'm not trying to say Donald Trump is a member of the mob, don't take it the wrong way"

[Miles Archer]

Just now.

Was interviewing her guest (a former FBI special agent) and noticing the investigation is similar to the way the mob is investigated.

Then she tried to dial it back.

[Wounded Bear]

1. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

[rock]

2. Well, it's yellow and orange

I'd say it's trump!

[Wounded Bear]

3. Yeah, well...

there were other pics of ducks, but that one seemed apropos.

[enid602]

21. Ducktail

He's got the Donald's patented 'ducktail' as well.

[enid602]

23. Wait, wait don't tell me.

I feel another trump nickname coming on. DONALD DUCK!

[LOL Lib]

26. Donald Cuck

[TheBlackAdder]

30. Yep, that's a duck! Trump probably fits the mobster profile to a tee.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Oh no, Donnie is not IN the mob...he just performs money laundering services on occasion.

[Samantha]

8. During construction of his some of his buildings, he bought cement from the mob

They offered him the cheapest price....

I don't have a link. I read this some time ago and do not remember the source. But I do remember the words distinctly!

Sam

[C_U_L8R]

5. I'm not saying he's in the mob

But he's in the mob.

[old guy]

16. Yeah.

"I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin."

[smirkymonkey]

6. "I'm not trying to say Donald Trump is a member of the mob, don't take it the wrong way"

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[Lint Head]

7. Bwahahahahahaha!

Donald Trump denies that he ever knew Robert LiButti, a reputed mob figure with a penchant for high-dollar gambling. LiButti was a regular at Trump’s Atlantic City casino until 1991, when he was banned from New Jersey gaming halls over his alleged ties to Mafia boss John Gotti.

“If he was standing here in front of me, I wouldn’t know what he looked like,” Trump told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1991.

[PatSeg]

18. I can't count how many times

I've heard him say that, "I wouldn't know what he looked like". His default stance on associations with unsavory characters, as well as victims of his sexual assaults.

[irisblue]

29. With the tie length, even then.

[Initech]

9. Trump *IS* a member of the mob!

He was literally hanging out with actual members of the mafia at Mar-A-Lago on New Year's Eve!!!!

[FreepFryer]

10. He wishes. They found him to be of insufficient character. (n/t)

[Judi Lynn]

25. They have SOME standards, after all. n/t

[mrJJ]

11. He'll make a $$$ with anyone ANYONE.. especially if its cash.....

Flashback

Donald Trump has employed a known Asian organized crime figure at his Taj Mahal casino for five years and is defending him against attempts to yank his license, l

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/trump-supports-casino-suspect-article-1.692948

Clifford and a few others doing their RICO time... Maybe Trump will give them a pardon...

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/18/nyregion/tong-leader-in-chinatown-is-convicted.html

His affiliation with the Itallian group helped him take care of his union problems.. in NY

Little Nicky Scarfo and Phil helped him out in Atlantic City

Pretty sure the connections he had with the Bratva helped him out with his financial problems. That's where the road map gets tricky... $$$$$$$$

He's a frustrated "wannabe"... nothing more

[Mc Mike]

12. His daddy bought him his button. nt

[mrJJ]

15. ROFL

He got "claimed" by EVERYONE Itallian, Chinese, Russians... even if he had the bonifides to become one...He could never have been a knock around.

" Buying a button" that's a trip thru time... them guys are all long gone...

[Mc Mike]

19. I saw your other post in this thread. The Scarfo info

reminded me of the excellent coverage from Wayne Barrett and Dave Cay Johnston about dRumpf's mob ties. The coverage spanned quite a few decades, and got a lot of renewed interest during the election.

One thing that struck me was Wayne or Dave saying that though d Rump did a lot of business with the ultra violent Scarfo and Testa family, he always sent emissaries. He never put himself into even the slightest bit of danger, though he struts around pretending he's a made man, constantly.

[mrJJ]

22. Scarfo's "Napoleon complex" wrecked that crew

Things in that town went south once Harry 'The Hunchback' was taken out... All their rules went out the window after that. The kid Phil was the GTG for the Taj. America is getting just what they voted for... They really have no clue as to what they voted for...

It's a damn shame... but it is what it is... now

[Mc Mike]

27. Haven't studied those Philly peoples' history or their current events, closely.

It's always interesting to get info about the factions, incidents, and re-shuffles that occur.

[Moostache]

13. Donnie 2 Scoops in the mob? OF COURSE HE IS!!!

He is just a low level button man that makes money for the bosses...in RUSSIA!

[elias7]

14. That is exactly how he runs things, and exactly why it's illegal

[grantcart]

17. Even the mob has standards

[enid602]

20. Putski

When a European journalist asked Putin how he could get anything done in Russia with all the organized crime, he smiled and replied 'who do you think organized them?'

[mainer]

24. Trump is laundering Russian money. Just like UK banks did.

UK Guardian exposed it in the UK. I have no doubt that's what Trump's involved in:

"Britain’s high street banks processed nearly $740m from a vast money-laundering operation run by Russian criminals with links to the Russian government and the KGB, the Guardian can reveal.

HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Barclays and Coutts are among 17 banks based in the UK, or with branches here, that are facing questions over what they knew about the international scheme and why they did not turn away suspicious money transfers.

Documents seen by the Guardian show that at least $20bn appears to have been moved out of Russia during a four-year period between 2010 and 2014. The true figure could be $80bn, detectives believe.

One senior figure involved in the inquiry said the money from Russia was “obviously either stolen or with criminal origin.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/20/british-banks-handled-vast-sums-of-laundered-russian-money

[L. Coyote]

28. They wouldn't let him in, so he had to start his own rackets.