Trump and Russia go together like peaches and cream. Despite the overwhelming evidence of Russian collusion during the campaign, something else might do him in.
Following the Money
Regardless of what President Donald Trump says, the cold, hard truth is that he does have financial ties with Russia. Specifically with their oligarchs who are super cozy with Vladimir Putin, Trump’s puppet master.
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Several of these Russian oligarchs, who are basically the equivalent of the American mafia, have spent millions of dollars on properties owned by our Commandeer in Chief. They don’t buy properties like most people and apply for a mortgage.
They pay Trump with cold, hard cash. It’s unknown where they get their cash, too. For all we know, purchasing Trump properties is part of a money laundering scheme.
Money laundering isn’t new to Trump.
Back in 2015, his Taj Mahal casino went bankrupt and he paid $10 million to the treasury. The Wall Street Journal said:
“Regulators said the casino failed to establish and implement an effective anti-money-laundering program, failed to implement an adequate system of internal controls, and failed to properly file currency transaction reports or keep other required records.”
In layman terms, that means Trump didn’t want to know where the money was coming from.
As if that weren’t enough, Don the Con does most of his financial dealings with Deutsche Bank and the Bank of Cyprus. While both of these banks also have ties with Russian oligarchs, turns out Trump owes one of them some serious money.
He is indebted to Deutsche Bank in the amount of $300 million. That same bank, by the way, paid $630 million in fines from 2012-2015. All because they didn’t prevent $10 billion worth of Russian money laundering.
For anyone who still thinks Trump is draining the swamp, this one’s for you.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has deep ties to the bank of Cyprus. Not only was he a former chairman of the bank with a former KGB agent, Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, but he has an 18 percent stake. Strzhalkovsky is also extremely close with Putin.
Yet he and his family continue to deny any Russian connections. In fact, his son Donald Trump, Jr. once said:
“Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. we see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
Trump also has connections with 10 Russian mobsters, including Felix Sater. Sater was involved in the development of Trump’s SoHo hotel and even helped Russian Trump investments.
And then you have Paul Manafort, his former campaign manager. All of his Russian financial dealings caused him to lose his position last August. He received $13 million in loans the day after he left the campaign, from two Trump-owned business. All went into a shell company that he controlled.
Despite all of this being true, Trump still said:
“No, I have nothing to do with Russia. How many times do I have to say that? I have nothing to do with Russia.”
The Russian dots are starting to come together.
Watch this video to hear more about possible Russian collusion.
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