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PotatoChip

(3,186 posts) Thu Jan 12, 2017, 07:43 PM Jan 2017

The Bizarre Far-Right Billionaire Behind Trump's Presidency

Published on Jan 12, 2017
When all seemed to be falling apart for Trump this summer, one shadowy billionaire offered up his own massive political infrastructure, which included Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, and saved Trump’s campaign from demise

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The Bizarre Far-Right Billionaire Behind Trump's Presidency (Original Post) PotatoChip Jan 2017 OP

Ah yes, Robert Mercer... Raster Jan 2017 #1

Rat Fucker supreme....nt 2naSalit Jan 2017 #2

Now there's somebody ripe for having his company's real strategy analyzed Warpy Jan 2017 #3

Raster

(20,998 posts)

1. Ah yes, Robert Mercer...

Reply to PotatoChip (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 07:48 PM

Jan 2017

... he makes the Koch Brothers almost look rational and public-spirited.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

2. Rat Fucker supreme....nt

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Thu Jan 12, 2017, 08:07 PM

Jan 2017

Warpy

(111,277 posts)

3. Now there's somebody ripe for having his company's real strategy analyzed

Reply to PotatoChip (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 08:33 PM

Jan 2017

Even in th go-go 90s, you couldn't get that kind of return legally.

I wasn't at all puzzled by Trump's turn to the lunatic far right. I just wondered which spider was sitting there dictating it all. I knew it wasn't the Koch boys, they're too crafty to back such an obvious lunatic.

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