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applegrove

(118,759 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 07:11 PM Aug 2016

Ex-CIA official explains how Trump has already done Putin’s bidding

Ex-CIA official explains how Trump has already done Putin’s bidding

by Travis Gettys at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/ex-cia-official-explains-how-trump-has-already-done-putins-bidding/

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“I happen to know something about how you recruit people, okay?” Morrell said. “I’ve got a lot of experience with that, so it is my professional assessment, right, that this is what Putin has done.”

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“I do believe absolutely that he looked at Trump and said, ‘This is a guy who I can play,'” Morrell said. “All I have to do is compliment him, tell him how great he is and he’s going to come to my side of the fence,'” Morrell said.

Rose expressed skepticism and asked the former intelligence official to support his claim with evidence.

“Give me another reason why Donald Trump would have said all of the incredibly positive things he has said about Putin as a person and about Russian policy that is at odds with the United States of America in a campaign where nobody’s really focused on Russia,” Morrell said. “Why would he have done that?”


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Ex-CIA official explains how Trump has already done Putin’s bidding (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2016 OP
Not just the flattery but Trump's hope of financial benefits from Russian investors wishstar Aug 2016 #1
I'm sure some of those 2naSalit Aug 2016 #2

wishstar

(5,271 posts)
1. Not just the flattery but Trump's hope of financial benefits from Russian investors
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 07:23 PM
Aug 2016

There is much more to the story that we haven't heard regarding Russian investments/loans to Trump

2naSalit

(86,765 posts)
2. I'm sure some of those
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 07:32 PM
Aug 2016

flowery compliments included threats of a kind the don can't wiggle or lie his way out of suffering from those to whom he already owes his soul.

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