Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep...
by mullingitover on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:18PM
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What's 'mini' about facts like "Trump lied to voters about his efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow while he was campaigning, and his personal lawyer went to prison for lying to congress to cover up that project" ?
If you're interested in more, there's the very sizable list, "Links between Trump associates and Russian officials"
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates...
Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep...
by the-dude on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:25PM
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That is a prime example of what I would call 'mini'. How is that remotely 'Russian interference'?
I am from NL, and I will raise you : our current Prime Minister promised all citizens € 1000. Guess what? We never got it.
Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep...
by mullingitover on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:35PM
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Russia interferes on Trump's behalf. Trump campaign wins, promotes policies that are beneficial to Russia (slow walking support for Ukraine, attacking NATO, generally gutting the State Department, and a plethora of other moves that cripple US soft power, edit: Oh, and how could I forget sanctions relief and readmission to G8?), and Putin approves a real estate project that benefits Trump financially. It's telling that Trump is the first president in history not to divest himself of his global financial stakes, which represent a massive conflict of interest.
Pretty basic garden variety bribery.
Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep...
by the-dude on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:45PM
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I agree it reads like a spy novel.
Is there any reason to believe the project would not have been approved without the alleged favors?
Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep...
by mullingitover on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:50PM
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Does any project of that size get approved in Moscow without favors?
How does this end up on Wikipedia?