Comments on: How to understand the Trump-Russia scandal

By: MikeN

MikeN — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:46:12 +0000

Test-Were they ever broken?

By: Keith Pickering (@KeithAPickering)

Keith Pickering (@KeithAPickering) — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:18:15 +0000

You need to follow @SethAbramson and page back a few months to read all his mega-threads. Most of this is already public knowledge, and he puts it all together.

By: dean

dean — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:06:00 +0000

“when Trump started to run out of places to borrow money. ”

Shades of Trump’s first (I think first) bankruptcy when held lenders hostage and said that his lack of money was their problem, not his, because they’d be hurt more if he went completely under. It’s no surprise at all that he is involved with businesses that have highly shady ties, whether here or overseas.

The notion that he is a successful businessman and has been since the start can be maintained only if you refuse to look at his track record and the facts — but those traits define his supporters.

By: dean

dean — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:01:50 +0000

Test — are things fixed?

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:01:18 +0000

I think you may be on to something.

And New York in the 70’s. Wild times. I don’t know about parables, but I think it’s safe to say that Trump was steeped in the ‘culture’ from early times.

Just a quibble about wording that I hear a lot; it’s not so much his connections that are alleged as it is his involvement in criminal activities. No?

Also, something else to keep an eye on:
Clint Watts “…follow the trail of dead Russians…”
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528072930/clint-watts-explains-what-he-means-by-follow-the-trail-of-dead-russians