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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsREALISTICALLY looking at what Putin actually "has" on Trump, all conspiracy theories aside
I think we have to completely remove any financial controversies from the equation, and I base that on the debate with Hillary Clinton, in which he actually says being a tax fraud "makes him smart."
EVERY TIME, without exception, that he got busted for ANYTHING involving money, he wrote a check to buy his way out of it, "without admitting guilt," and then took a victory lap for being "completely exonerated."
So NO ONE...including Putin...is going to spook him over financial fraud, because he doesn't give a fuck. He KNOWS what he's done, and his attitude is "Come GET me," and whether he's right or wrong on this, he's convinced that will never happen.
It's GOT TO BE something along the lines of the EPSTEIN scandal, where Putin has him dead to rights, and he KNOWS that releasing whatever damaging info he has would be something Trump could not outrun.
I don't think it has ANYTHING TO DO WITH a couple of Russian hookers whizzing on him, unless they were underaged.
I'm assuming it has to be something SO INCRIMINATING that NO ONE could turn a blind eye to it.
Walleye
(45,380 posts)He wants to be just like him, he doesnt need to be blackmailed. Its like he said we already know all of the disgusting things that hes done, he doesnt care, neither does his party.
rampartd
(5,011 posts)Walleye
(45,380 posts)ultralite001
(2,665 posts)"we already know all of the disgusting things that hes done"...
Krasnov has committed crimes + sins we cannot even imagine...
He truly does not care...
Walleye
(45,380 posts)Nothing seems to make any difference to him or his fans theres a real epidemic of immorality going around
SheltieLover
(81,647 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,517 posts)Thats the only thing that really matters to Trump.
Walleye
(45,380 posts)CanonRay
(16,250 posts)and the Republican Party would still not remove him from office, and his DOJ would protect him.
blue-wave
(5,531 posts)will sellout anyone or anything for money. Just days ago, Putin gifted him a tower in Tbilisi, Georgia. Trump will grovel over anyone who can further enrich him. He cares not for life or country, just money.
usonian
(26,567 posts)Even blackmail is small potatoes compared to the money laundering, but accounts for a whole lot of influence.
Putin must have that over him, in addition to 'certain videos' (you know what I mean)
The guy was KGB for a long time.