How much is Trump owned by Putin?

[edhopper]

We know that Russia interfered with the 2016 election. We know they coordinated with the Trump campaign. Beyond that, I think they have immersed themselves in American politics far more than has been revealed. I suspect they have their hooks in more than a few American politicians (mostly GOP) and they continue to meddle.
I wonder if we will ever learn the extent of their corrupting influence?
It's easy to fall into the conspiracy theory trap, but sometime their really are conspiracies.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Remember when Eric told us that the Trump Org didn't need banks for financing?

They had all the money they needed from Russia.

[LastDemocratInSC]

6. You are correct. He was stating a matter of fact.

[Wounded Bear]

8. At the time, American banks wouldn't deal with trump & co...

they HAD to go russian.

[2naSalit]

2. One has to ask...

From time to time; What if a conspiracy theory turns out to be true?

[Wounded Bear]

9. There are real conspiracies in the world...

all the fake ones tend to cloud the issue a bit, but there are groups of people that conspire to lie, cheat, and steal.

[underpants]

3. Don't forget the NRA money and the foreign agent

Maria Butina. She has pictures with everyone in the GOP. I have zero doubt the Russians have tons of dirt on the right much of it self created.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. NRA Money Is A Drop In The Bucket....

...compared to Russian & Saudi money.
Their total revenue is just a bit over $400 million.
That's "couch cushion" money for those other 2 interlopers.

[OAITW r.2.0]

18. Perhaps that explains the mandatory visit by the US Republican delegation to Russia on July 4, 2017.

[underpants]

20. That I saw as a simple game by Putin

He just wanted to see how high they’d jump for him.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Up to his fucking soulless eye balls.....

[Marcuse]

5. Tip of the iceberg:

[bronxiteforever]

26. +1 I forgot the mention of Ukraine in that discussion

It really is chilling reading this after Putin’s invasion.

[gab13by13]

7. Putin has much more than pee tapes.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I always figured that pee tapes (if real) were the least of trump's worries...

WRT his Russian connections.

[JT45242]

11. Putin owns the NRA...thru that the whole party

Likely has deep claws in the federalist society as well.

So much dark money from Russian oligarchs to people like Paul. Ron Johnson, Tuberville, etc. The entire group that spent July 4 in their mother Russia.

[Ford_Prefect]

13. And then there was the curious story about an aluminum plant to be built in Kentucky

with Russian Oligarch financing...

Sanctioned Russian Oligarch's Company to Invest Millions in New Aluminum Plant in Mitch McConnell's State
BY CRISTINA MAZA ON 4/15/19

Rusal, the aluminum company partially owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, announced plans to invest around $200 million to build a new aluminum plant in Kentucky just months after the Trump administration removed it from the U.S. sanctions list.

The new aluminum plant, slated to be built in the home state of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will be the biggest new aluminum plant constructed in the U.S. in decades. Rusal will have a 40 percent stake in the facility.

"Rusal, one of the leading global aluminium producers, and Braidy Industries Inc., a U.S. base holding company which owns both Veloxint, an MIT-incubated lightweighting solutions company, and NanoAl, a Northwestern University incubated materials research and technology company, announce an intent to establish a joint project in Ashland, Kentucky, USA to produce flat-rolled aluminium products for the U.S. automotive industry," according to a company press release.

https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061

[Lonestarblue]

15. It was never built and all discussion went away after Mitch's re-election.

Obviously Russian help to keep a Russia-friendly Republican in the Senate with no intention of actually following through on the promises.

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Yes that's true. But the money didn't. It was an election year stunt to support Mitch.

A number of Russian Oligarchs with ties to Putin have been investing, and funding indirectly GOP political activity. The DOJ seems to have noticed this pattern.

[Botany]

14. Everytime "they" bring up Hunter and his laptop "they" are giving Russian talking points

This was from the republican controlled Senate intell committee that produced this report in 2018.

********
A New Report Adds Evidence That Trump Was a Russian Asset
He helped Putin manipulate the U.S. election in 2020, as he did in 2016.

As to Russia, the report leaves no doubt: In 2020, as in 2016, “President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations” to help Trump and hurt his Democratic opponent. For example, “Shortly after the 2018 midterm elections, Russian intelligence cyber actors attempted to hack organizations primarily affiliated with the Democratic Party.” Then, in late 2019, Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, “conducted a phishing campaign against subsidiaries of Burisma holdings, likely in an attempt to gather information related to President Biden’s family.” Throughout the 2020 election, agents “connected to the Russian Federal Security Service,” FSB, planted negative stories about Biden. Internet operatives working for the Kremlin, including the troll farm that had boosted Trump in 2016, continued to promote “Trump and his commentary, including repeating his political messaging.”

Attacks on Biden and his son, Hunter, were part of this operation. Through “US officials and prominent US individuals, some of whom were close to former President Trump and his administration,” the report says Russia’s intelligence services “repeatedly spread unsubstantiated or misleading claims about President Biden and his family’s alleged wrongdoing related to Ukraine.” In this way, Trump’s circle “laundered” the Russian-planted stories, which were then recirculated—and promoted by Russia’s online proxies—as American news.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html


BTW I might be wrong but I think Putin/Russia are way deep into Fox Nes.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. It's amazing how many millions could care less and would vote for him again, no problem. Rule of law

is going to change if a MAGAT WINS IN 2024.

[mopinko]

17. thing is- pootie is just 1 oligarch. a whole bunch of them own pieces of him, and the whole gqp.

imho, murdoch has done far more damage than putler. the mercers.
and that russian money came from a lot of pockets, too.

[Ohioboy]

21. The Mueller report concluded that Russia interfered and Trump benefitted

Though it didn't come right out and say he and Russia conspired, it certainly never "exonerated" Trump. To the contrary, the report showed a lot of evidence that Trump tried to thwart the investigation.

What president, unless he's guilty, tries to thwart an investigation into whether or not a foreign nation tried to interfere with our elections?

[edhopper]

22. A question

the Press NEVER asked!

[NullTuples]

29. Nor did Biden's DoJ. The statute of limitation on those crimes have now run out. Question: Why?

[DENVERPOPS]

23. There is a ton of crap

That Trump and the Republicans pulled off during the four years that no one will ever know about.........

Our military was fighting in Syria to protect the rebels from Putin's best buddy ASSAD, a tyrant who was trying to rule Syria.....

The Hague? and United Nations, with our military guarding them, were inspecting the towns, (that included the Rebels), for proof of Chemical Weapons being used by ASSAD on his own people........

They not only found indisputable evidence of that happening, but the actual chemical weapons shells which still had residue of the lethal chemical agents......The shells were proven and documented to be supplied by Russia/Putin to Assad......

The inspectors had just finished their thorough inspection and were ready to leave Syria and present their info to the world courts.
Suddenly, at the same time, Trump ordered our military out of Syria, literally overnight, and which included us leaving ALL the U.S. Military's weapons. Assad immediately declared himself the leader of Syria and declared war on the Rebels and probably wiped them all out.

[LymphocyteLover]

24. So much, I tell ya!

[keithbvadu2]

25. Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made.

Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made.

[flying_wahini]

27. Guessing around 99%.

Am I close?

[sarchasm]

30. more like 100%

Putin is a customer, and if there's one thing TFG likes, it's loyal customers.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

28. The Russian Internet Research Agency has consistently pushed two US presidential candidates.

One was Donald J Trump.

[William769]

31. The republican party is an extension of putin.

[Quakerfriend]

32. I wouldn't even call it a conspiracy, at this point.

The question is, How deep does it go?
Putin has been working on destabilizing democracies around the world for a long time- via social media, specific individuals and through manufactured chaos.

I read that on 12/8/21 someone in France simultaneously dispersed 28 Bitcoin ($500K) to 22 virtual wallets- many of which were R wingers- Another 250K was sent to Nick Fuentes. Were these payments for prep for 1/6???
The FBI has identified the person who dispensed the funds & and some of the recipients.

[Blue Owl]

33. Diarrhea Donny's Sugar Vladdy with the soiled pants