| | | When Hillary took over the reset button, Trump was a big supporter of her and Obama. He's been pushing his dream Moscow tower pushing for years and thought Hillary and Obama would help him get it.
..... The truth is, Trump had coveted a lucrative hotel project in Russia — whether to build one or license his name to be emblazoned on a skyscraper — for decades. " We will be in Moscow at some point," he said in a 2007 deposition.Later, as a presidential candidate, he secretly signed an 18-page letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow on Oct. 28, 2015, the day of the third Republican presidential debate.
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The electorate certainly was robbed of knowing about this crucial information at a time when:
?There were news reports that Russia was interfering in the election.
?Trump was expressing praise and admiration for President Vladimir Putin, even as he was insulting hundreds of other people, places and things on Twitter.
?The candidate said that, as president, he would consider easing sanctions placed against Russia for its violent seizure of Crimea.
?Trump was questioning America's continued role in NATO, a bulwark against Russian aggression that Putin has historically despised.
?A plank in the GOP platform regarding U.S. support for Ukraine was watered down.
?Trump challenged Moscow to release Democratic emails that Russians were reported to have hacked.
How does the president explain the appearance of a quid pro quo? By claiming that he was just keeping his options open. "There was a good chance that I wouldn't have won," Trump said in November, "in which case I would have gotten back into the (real estate development) business. And why should I lose lots of opportunities?"
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/22/donald-trump-pursued-business-deal-russia-hid-voters-editorials-debates/2642773002/ |
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