Sunday, May 07, 2017

So apparently Russia also finances Trump's golf courses.

This is from a conversation that author James Dodson had with Donald Trump, and his son Eric, three years ago: 

When the big day arrived, a dark, gray sky provided the first sign that all would not go as planned. Dodson was a little late arriving, and by the time he entered the Trump National Charlotte clubhouse, his host was already holding forth. 

"Trump was strutting up and down, talking to his new members about how they were part of the greatest club in North Carolina," Dodson says. "And when I first met him, I asked him how he was — you know, this is the journalist in me — I said, 'What are you using to pay for these courses?' And he just sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million." 

$100 million. 

"So when I got in the cart with Eric," Dodson says, "as we were setting off, I said, 'Eric, who’s funding? I know no banks — because of the recession, the Great Recession — have touched a golf course. You know, no one’s funding any kind of golf construction. It’s dead in the water the last four or five years.' And this is what he said. He said, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.' Now that was three years ago, so it was pretty interesting."

So not only have Russians invested heavily in Trump Tower, and bought a mansion for 55 million more than Trump paid for it, but now they are also the money behind his string of golf courses?

I swear every day we learn that Trump has more and more ties with the Russians.

How much more evidence do we really need that he was compromised?

50 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:06 PM

    And so The American Taxpayer pays Russia for trump to go golfing on his family golf courses full of debt. How many golf courses does trump foundation own or Russia owns again?

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    1. Anonymous8:03 AM

      Eric now denies all.

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    2. Anonymous10:13 AM

      ALL the tRumps lie, it is in their DNA.Do not even need lessons, just watch Agent Orange, and follow his lead. Deny, deny, deny unless someone is talking about how RICH daddy is.

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    3. Anonymous1:34 PM

      The Trumps are not very bright but Eric seems to be the one who opens his mouth too much and too often. He seems so eager to impress anyone around him with the family's great wealth (bored from Russians?) and their wily business acumen. All of this, complete with subsequent denials, makes Eric seem even dumber.
      Beaglemom

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  2. Anonymous4:08 PM

    He's definitely been laundering money for them for a while. That's pretty clear. They've been giving him loans that he, no way!, could repay, without liquidating his real estate holdings. I thought, over the past summer, that that has been what they had over him all along, that a deal was made that those loans would be forgiven if he did Putin's bidding.

    Just a hunch.

    But I don't doubt the sex tape allegations either.

    I could definitely -- DEFINITELY -- see Trump wanting someone to pee on a bed just because Obama had slept in it. He clearly wears a gold-plated white sheet, if you know what I mean.

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    1. Anonymous5:07 PM

      I've thought that all along inre laundering and forgiveness of debt. Shysters to the nth, all
      of them, and I can't believe that we're the only ones who give a rip as our country is being sold down the river.

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    2. Anonymous5:56 PM

      Yeah, no kidding. The Russian sanctions are probably costing Putin a buttload of money, personally. It's been speculated that he is the richest man in the world, worth about $200 billion, and it has been said that it is well known among the elite of Russia that their money is Putin's, and that he can take whatever he wants. (that might be the $200 billion.)

      Not only are the sanctions costing them money in terms of drilling for oil, but the oligarchs, I heard on Fresh Air, are angry that they can't access their money, and, I kid you not, the wine collections that they stash in Switzerland. So…all of this might have been so that some rich pricks can get a hand on their special wine.

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  3. Anonymous4:09 PM

    Trump is in debt to Russia for several golf courses.
    Jared is in debt to Russia for properties.
    This family is in debt and this is why it is important to lie to americans about EVERYTHING.

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  4. Anonymous5:02 PM

    7000 bodies buried at Ole Miss>
    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/7000-bodies-from-a-19th-century-asylum-discovered-buried-under-ole-miss-campus/

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  5. Anonymous5:03 PM

    From TPM

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/we-have-all-the-funding-we-need-out-of-russia

    "It’s worth noting that Russia had invaded and later annexed the Crimean Peninsula in February 2014. Sanctions would come in March. Those certainly put a crimp in the business plans of anyone trading heavily on Russian money, as Trump was. We don’t know when this was in 2014. But in any case it may not have been clear yet, at least not to Eric Trump what impact this would have on the Trump Organization. The lifting of those sanctions and finding a rapprochement with Russia was a major theme of Trump’s entire campaign."


    ALL FUCKING RIGHT THEN!!!

    NOTHING TO SEE!!!

    HILLARY'S EMAILS!!!


    BENGHAZII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Anonymous5:13 PM

      I mean...there no way the Orange Anus would have discussed a potential run at the presidency in 2016 with his Russian sugardaddies...like he did with the golf reporter...amirite?

      Otherwise that shit should have been wired up fro the start!

      IS IT TIME TO ARREST THEM YET???



      Flynn declared that the United States does not need a “reckless president who believes she is above the law.”

      The crowd immediately chanted “lock her up!” over and over and over. Flynn clapped in appreciation, said the words too, and declared, “You’re damn right! There’s nothing wrong with that!”"

      ALSO TOO:


      "“We’re saying that,” Flynn said, “because if I… did a tenth of what she did, I would be in jail today! So, Crooked Hillary Clinton, leave this race now!”

      Watch above, via CNN."


      http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rnc-crowd-chants-lock-her-up-as-flynn-trashes-hillary-clinton/

      WAIT WAIT DON'T TELL ME!

      THIS FLYNN trumpster ASSHOLE WANTS IMMUNITY?

      FUCK HIM!!

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  6. Anonymous5:11 PM

    http://www.politicususa.com/2017/05/07/russia-ax-fall-trump-launches-desperate-plan-smear-sally-yates.html

    "The White House plan translated:

    1). Smear the credible witness.

    2). Throw Mike Flynn under the bus."

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  7. Anonymous5:31 PM

    Everybody calm the fuck down and stop assuming!

    Eric Trump said they get all the dough they want from Russia.

    Have you noticed how fat Donald is?

    Well he loves Russian Black Bread and he flies in Russian Black Bread dough all the time.


    Russian Black Bread –
    Combine the rye and white flours. Mix thoroughly (use a large bowl) 2-1/3 cups of the flour mixture, the sugar, salt, cereal, caraway seed, coffee, onion powder, fennel seed and un-dissolved dry yeast. Combine 2-1/2 cups of water, vinegar, molasses, chocolate and margarine in a saucepan.

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    1. Anonymous5:18 AM

      Does Maleria bake this for him?? Maybe her mother does, she lives at tRump tower and splits her time between there and Mar-A-Lago. Her husband was a member of the Communist Party back home, so maybe HIS phone was bugged also? I seriously doubt they could afford this lifestyle without SOME help from somewhere.

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  8. Anonymous5:38 PM

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-fry-faces-blasphemy-probe_us_590f1ad4e4b0e7021e984f5a?52o&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/24/europe/trump-ireland-wall/

    GOD!

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  9. Anonymous5:40 PM

    Just about every weekend President Trump takes off on Air Force One and spends around $4 million dollars to go to one of his Russian sponsored golf courses.

    Is this where he gets his assignments from Putin via Boris & Natasha?

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    1. Anonymous11:01 PM

      Yes he does. Remember, 'somehow', 'miraculously', one or more of those Russian oligarch just so 'happen' to be at the very same golf course this a$$hat goes - be it Mar Al Lago or any one of his other places (including last weekend!)
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  10. Anonymous5:43 PM

    If the Ruskies are sponsoring everything for bankrupted Trump (his golf courses and Trump Tower), did they finance the Trump International Hotel around the corner from the White House?

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    1. Anonymous11:02 PM

      5:43: Three guesses! And anyone of the 'no' does not count!

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  11. Anonymous5:49 PM

    Mr. President, to distract America from Yates damaging and revealing testimony, we recommend nuking North Korea ASAP Monday morning. You need a huuugggeee shiny object to distract Congress and the American people.

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    1. Anonymous11:03 PM

      Don't give him any ideas! (Although that possibility has been longtime on his agenda!)

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    2. Anonymous2:47 AM

      yeah. I'm pleasantly surprised that there was no false flag over the weekend..but Monday morning is young....

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  12. Anonymous5:54 PM

    After watching President Obama receive his award from the Kennedy Foundation tonight and then listening to his beautiful speech - it makes me abhor even more the blob that currently sits in the White House.

    Trump in no way has the class or eloquence of President Obama!

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  13. Anonymous6:05 PM


    CNBC
    Tim Mullaney, Special to CNBC.com
    Thu, 23 Jul '15 | 3:12 PM ET

    ...The Donald's financial-disclosure paperwork, released Wednesday by federal election officials, claim that Trump's 16 golf-related businesses are worth $550 million to more than $675 million. That's a big chunk of his net worth, which the filing said was at least $1.15 billion and which Trump himself says is about $10 billion....

    .... The courses also look overvalued by other measures. Trump paid a reported $13 million for the Washington club and put $25 million more into renovations, with the revitalized course opening last month. 


    Eric Trump where did daddy get $38 million dollars to buy and renovate a golf course?
    (article written July 2015)

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  14. Anonymous6:18 PM

    Didn't realize it is illegal to have Russian investors? Can you please point out the law, Gryphen, where it is deemed illegal to have business dealing with Russians?

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    1. Seriously? You don't see a problem with this, after Trump claimed that he had no business dealings or ties with Russia?

      Or that it makes the fact that the Russians helping him to win the election seem even more like collusion?

      Oh wait, you must be a troll.

      Because NOBODY is that stupid.

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    2. Sarah8:00 PM

      I can see Russia from my front porch!

      Vlad if you see this send some money. The kids are always getting knocked up and arrested and now Track has

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    3. Anonymous11:13 PM

      Still the same question you didn't answer, what is the law that is broken by working with foreign investors Gryph?

      You really do need to cite a law that has been broken, you do know that don't you?

      Are you still bitter because I told you well in advance Hillary would not win the election?

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    4. Anonymous2:31 AM

      6:18 How about treason? espionage? collusion with the enemy? fake news? the republican international party? exxon mobile? mining? tea bags? white supremacy, NRA, scientologist, 7 mountians, AIP, communism, 1%, citizens united, private schools, unregulated militias, certain religions, certain military contractors, LIARS and un Americans.

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    5. Anonymous2:50 AM

      6:13
      If you had been watching Rachel Maddow show you'd be up to speed. Watch her on the net and catch up. She explains exactly why you can't do business with the Russkie oligarchs.

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    6. Anonymous5:24 AM

      Which other foreign country tried to sway our elections? Why does Russia have such a large stake in getting tRump into office? He is dumb as a stump, but greedy as HELL. His family is right there with him, hands held out. Grifters on a level never seen before in the WH.

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    7. Anonymous5:56 AM

      Well 5:24 trumps owe lots of money. And when one owes lots of money to Russian mobs they must pay up. Now trump and stumps are lousy business people, they lie cheat and steal. Terrible salesman and awful actors. So Russia says lift the sanctions and employ our useful idiot friends in the usa, tillson, Flynn, manfart, and so many more. Russia has a agenda, its oil its mining its robotics, it all dangerous. Russians are sneaky little liars. Trumps likes liars. They bribe, extort, cheat, steal, lie to get what they want. They are the swamp and the toxic turds floating in it.

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    8. Anonymous6:45 AM

      Got it. So nobody can cite any laws being broken in business dealings with foreign investors.

      Oh my Hillary must be working for the Russians too!:

      http://thehill.com/policy/international/323582-kremlin-spokesman-russian-ambassador-met-with-advisers-to-clinton

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    9. You know we used to get a much better class of trolls.

      This one is simply feigning ignorance, and attempting to pass it off as arrogance.

      Epic fail.

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    10. Anonymous8:13 AM

      Please provide actual references to what laws have been broken, and cite the actual evidence that such laws have been broken Gryphen.

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    11. Anonymous8:50 AM

      go use one of those ass rocket colon douche teas- UP YOURS silly troll!

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  15. Anonymous6:32 PM

    BANKRUPTCY 1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991

    ....He funded the construction of the $1 billion Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, which opened in 1990.

    By 1991, the casino was nearly $3 billion in debt, while Trump had racked up nearly $900 million in personal liabilities....

    - ATLANTIC CITY CASINO PURCHASED IN 1990

    - ONE YEAR LATER, ATLANTIC CITY RACKED UP $3 BILLION IN DEBT?

    - HOW'S THAT? $3 BILLION!

    BANKRUPTCY 2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992

    Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel in New York for $390 million in 1988. By 1992, the hotel had accumulated $550 million in debt. 


    BANKRUPTCY 3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004

    Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004 when his casinos -- including the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City and a riverboat casino in Indiana -- had accrued an estimated $1.8 billion in debt, according to the Associated Press.... 

    - TRUMP TAJ MAHAL AGAIN? THAT'S TWO TIMES ALREADY!


    BANKRUPTCY 4: Trump Entertainment Resorts, 2009

    Trump Entertainment Resorts -- formerly Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts -- was hit hard by the 2008 economic recession and missed a $53.1 million bond interest payment in December 2008, according to ABC News.


    .... However, the source of the financial problems varies from case to case," he said. "Sometimes it is the result of circumstances beyond the control of the business. Sometime it caused by poor judgment. More frequently, it is a combination."...

    - CAUSED BY POOR JUDGEMENT?

    - WE PUT THIS GUY WITH 4 BANKRUPTCIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND HE'S BEEN SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS LIKE THEY WERE CHECKS AND HE HAS A HISTORY OF BAD JUDGEMENTS?

    ....Trump’s four bankruptcies all happened within the past 25 years. That’s a lot, said Stephen Lubben, a leading expert in corporate finance and professor at Seton Hall School of Law....

    CAN TRUMP FILE BANKRUPTCY NO. 5 (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)?

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    1. Anonymous6:52 PM

      While file bankruptcy 5?

      Just arrange a hostile takeover.

      Boris? That you?

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  16. Anonymous7:16 PM

    He's a traitor and if it's true that a grand jury has been convened in Virginia (which is being reported by many besides Keith Olbermann) to investigate his ties with Russia, then there is enough evidence to convene a grand jury which says a lot.

    GeorgiaPeach

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    1. Anonymous11:17 PM

      Lol. None of that is true. My god woman, get a clue and recognize the crap you are filling your brain with.

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  17. Anonymous7:56 PM

    Debra Messing directly addressed first daughter Ivanka Trump on Saturday night while being honored at the 2017 GLAAD Media Awards in New York City.

    https://youtu.be/kx4aNN3D6Tw

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  18. Would this count under the emoluments clause? He got the money before he was president, but he's still profiting personally from the businesses as president.

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  19. Anonymous10:57 PM

    Why does the Trump Crime Family get away with all this stuff?

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    1. Anonymous8:37 AM

      No shit! I don't understand why he isn't being led out in handcuffs by the party he claims as his own. It's only going to make things worse for them.

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  20. Anonymous11:13 PM

    Where In The World Is Kellyanne Conway Game Show?

    https://youtu.be/NgWWube0M1c

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  21. Anonymous2:40 AM

    How much more evidence do we really need that he was compromised?


    Rachel Maddow addressed this question every night: Any ONE of the myriad of scandals and questions about Tumps's fiances, holdings and connections and cabinet appointments would be big news 24/7. We are immune to scandal now because the man is just one big scandal.
    Our only recourse is what CA is doing: lawsuits. Unless or until the democrats and any adult republicans get their fucking shit together and do something.

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  22. Anonymous2:59 AM

    The pressure cooker is about to explode. Lies lies lies will not work out. Evil never wins. And we are not immune of the trumps nasty dirty lying lifestyle of the dumb and useless. Time for this to end and throw the bums out, expose the crimes, and kick some ass verbally. Hold each republican representative and voter responsible. Hold citizen united, nra, Russia, trumps responsible. Never stop exposing them and their agenda and motives.

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  23. Anonymous5:58 AM

    Everyone in the world/America knows that you cannot believe nor invest in trump and family. He is massive trouble and crime infested garbage.

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  24. Anonymous6:01 AM

    Story after story of trump voters changing their mind. They finally see and feel the damage created. They see that they were used and abused by a lying machine of criminals.

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    1. Anonymous8:51 AM

      Ooops!

      too late to change anythingy.

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