I wonder how Israel feels about thins since Ukraine is a huge supporter and has funneled numerous settlers there. Seems like a conflict of interest is brewing.
Thanks, Terry. The image of Vance and Rubio on the couch with such different expressions is priceless. Terrifying, but priceless. Speaking of prices, you mentioned the national debt for the US is $36 billion, but you meant trillion, of course. Thanks for one of the shorter and better write-ups of this dark day in American history.
We might go back a few years and, indeed, follow the money. From a friend of my wife, Israeli/Brit Michael Braisby: Michael Braisby
There has been a lot of hand wringing and simple-minded speculation as to why Trump kow tows to Putin. Some pundits say it’s a bromance. High minded intellectuals opine that Trump love’s authoritarian types and strong men. I’ve heard it said that Trump is positioning for a grand deal and the Nobel Prize. Wrong, wrong and wrong. The answer lies in plain sight but our esteemed media is either afraid or lazy or both to go there. In a word cold hard cash. The transactions with the Kremlin go back decades and have been reported and it’s available in the public realm but no one connects the dots. Why? Let’s talk about what is known.
In the 1990s Trump was bankrupt and had declared bankruptcy on numerous occasions. The Soviet Union had recently collapsed and Russian intelligence was awash in stolen sovereign funds. A match was born. Trump partnered with Bayrock Realty. The front man was Felix Sater. Sater had deep connections with the Russian mob and intelligence. Sater later became a confidential informant for the CIA. He was also a convicted felon. Russian mob money financed Trump SoHo-which drew the opposition of local community groups for zoning violations. Trump parlayed this relationship into a sprawling network of intermingled finances stretching from South Beach to Turkey to former Republics in the Soviet Union.
Russian mob money or KGB stolen rubles financed 703 condo units marketed by Trump between 1996 and 2013. Fully 1/3 of Trump’s entire real estate portfolio financed by Russia. Duetschebank was found guilty of illicitly converting $10 billion of Russian rubles to cash while simultaneously extending $48 million in credit to Trump after he defaulted on a $640 million loan from Duetschebank. The extension of credit was secured by stolen Russian sovereign funds. It has been widely reported that Michael Cohen-an associate of Slater attempted to develop Trump Moscow. Trump Jr. acknowledged in 2008 that Russian cash kept the Trump company afloat.
The Mueller report chronicled the Russian systematic intervention in the US election in 2016. Available public data, which is probably only the tip of the iceberg has detailed transactions with Russian money of over $2.5 billion. God knows what’s being transferred as we speak.
We know that Trump’s administration from Justice to DNI to Defence to State is now firmly in the grip of the Kremlin. The display in the White House of the humiliation of an ally and a hero leaves little doubt. The media’s failure to examine the financial ties between Trump and the Kremlin is a disgraceful example of complicity with corruption. The available evidence is damning. Where is our Woodward and Bernstein to follow the money?
The financial piece plays nicely into the idea that Trump is compromised. I do recall reading in the NYT that Trump at one point became such a credit risk that Deutche Bank, the sleaziest outfit in Europe, was the only bank that would lend him money. To that we can add stolen sovereign wealth in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. None of this in any form seems to bother 49% of the country.
Well done, Terry. You deftly explain the circus that transpired in the WH. And yet, countless Trump supporters continue to tell us that what we saw was actually a show of strength and foreign-policy acumen from our esteemed leader. The fact that so many people actually believe that spin or just go along with it to appease their party’s leader spells big trouble ahead for this country.
I wonder how Israel feels about thins since Ukraine is a huge supporter and has funneled numerous settlers there. Seems like a conflict of interest is brewing.
What an embarrassment in the world view of the US. Is Vance Trump’s straight man?
Your analysis is spot on.
I hope you are returning to your healthy self.
Please keep the commentary coming.
I couldn't have said it better. Nothing like a good spot-on rant to hasten a healthy recovery. Well done, old friend.
Many thanks Nick. And I am feeling better. Today I took a walk while our grandson was in the stroller!
Thankfully you weren't in the stroller. :-) Glad you're feeling better.
Well done, Terry. 100% correct!
Hope you are feeling better also.
I wonder how Israel feels about thins since Ukraine is a huge supporter and has funneled numerous settlers there. Seems like a conflict of interest is brewing.
Great point Tony! Bibi should answer your question.
Thanks, Terry. The image of Vance and Rubio on the couch with such different expressions is priceless. Terrifying, but priceless. Speaking of prices, you mentioned the national debt for the US is $36 billion, but you meant trillion, of course. Thanks for one of the shorter and better write-ups of this dark day in American history.
Ah thank you David. I have fixed it. $36b would be a piece of cake!
Soon to be 40 trillion!
We might go back a few years and, indeed, follow the money. From a friend of my wife, Israeli/Brit Michael Braisby: Michael Braisby
There has been a lot of hand wringing and simple-minded speculation as to why Trump kow tows to Putin. Some pundits say it’s a bromance. High minded intellectuals opine that Trump love’s authoritarian types and strong men. I’ve heard it said that Trump is positioning for a grand deal and the Nobel Prize. Wrong, wrong and wrong. The answer lies in plain sight but our esteemed media is either afraid or lazy or both to go there. In a word cold hard cash. The transactions with the Kremlin go back decades and have been reported and it’s available in the public realm but no one connects the dots. Why? Let’s talk about what is known.
In the 1990s Trump was bankrupt and had declared bankruptcy on numerous occasions. The Soviet Union had recently collapsed and Russian intelligence was awash in stolen sovereign funds. A match was born. Trump partnered with Bayrock Realty. The front man was Felix Sater. Sater had deep connections with the Russian mob and intelligence. Sater later became a confidential informant for the CIA. He was also a convicted felon. Russian mob money financed Trump SoHo-which drew the opposition of local community groups for zoning violations. Trump parlayed this relationship into a sprawling network of intermingled finances stretching from South Beach to Turkey to former Republics in the Soviet Union.
Russian mob money or KGB stolen rubles financed 703 condo units marketed by Trump between 1996 and 2013. Fully 1/3 of Trump’s entire real estate portfolio financed by Russia. Duetschebank was found guilty of illicitly converting $10 billion of Russian rubles to cash while simultaneously extending $48 million in credit to Trump after he defaulted on a $640 million loan from Duetschebank. The extension of credit was secured by stolen Russian sovereign funds. It has been widely reported that Michael Cohen-an associate of Slater attempted to develop Trump Moscow. Trump Jr. acknowledged in 2008 that Russian cash kept the Trump company afloat.
The Mueller report chronicled the Russian systematic intervention in the US election in 2016. Available public data, which is probably only the tip of the iceberg has detailed transactions with Russian money of over $2.5 billion. God knows what’s being transferred as we speak.
We know that Trump’s administration from Justice to DNI to Defence to State is now firmly in the grip of the Kremlin. The display in the White House of the humiliation of an ally and a hero leaves little doubt. The media’s failure to examine the financial ties between Trump and the Kremlin is a disgraceful example of complicity with corruption. The available evidence is damning. Where is our Woodward and Bernstein to follow the money?
And here is a Facebook post with more information. It paints Trump as a Russian asset compromised by finances. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161338220332549&id=583997548
Hi Tom. Thanks for the comment. Some of this has been reported before.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/
The financial piece plays nicely into the idea that Trump is compromised. I do recall reading in the NYT that Trump at one point became such a credit risk that Deutche Bank, the sleaziest outfit in Europe, was the only bank that would lend him money. To that we can add stolen sovereign wealth in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. None of this in any form seems to bother 49% of the country.
Well done, Terry. You deftly explain the circus that transpired in the WH. And yet, countless Trump supporters continue to tell us that what we saw was actually a show of strength and foreign-policy acumen from our esteemed leader. The fact that so many people actually believe that spin or just go along with it to appease their party’s leader spells big trouble ahead for this country.
Our political stance and the leaders of what may longer be called a DEMOCRACY, is beyond disgraceful. Thank you, Terry, for telling it like it is!!!
Trump is a traitor to America, my country, not his.
I wonder how Israel feels about thins since Ukraine is a huge supporter and has funneled numerous settlers there. Seems like a conflict of interest is brewing.
Woops... not "IS", "ARE"