Trump is a Putin acolyte, or worse

[RonniePudding]

Setting aside the merits of Wikileaks for a second, the business links with the Trumps and Russian oligarchs loyal to Putin and Bugsy Manafort's ties to Russian politicians...thats all I need to know. this shit stinks to high heavens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/donald-trump-the-siberian-candidate.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

From TPM...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-putin-yes-it-s-really-a-thing

[MohRokTah]

1. I thought I read somewhere he is deeply in debt to several Russian businessmen.

Sad times when the Russians invade our political process.

[RonniePudding]

2. The implications are incredible

And I think if true it goes beyond trying to influence our process and into the realm of having a say on how he would govern. Scary, to say the least.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Trump is dangerously easy to manipulate, thanks to his sub-normal IQ

Properly placed compliments and insults generate stunningly predictable responses from Trump.

Frightening indeed.

[MBS]

11. Yes, the Talking Points link in the OP details that.

Pretty creepy stuff. Not to mention totally corrupt.
Read that TPM article (again, see link in the OP); Josh Marshall really lays it all out in pretty stark terms. He says that if a foreign COMPANY had had its tendrils so deeply into Trump's businesses, that would be alarming enough. But it's bigger than that.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Manafort

There's a lot of reporting he has Russian mob connections
And lord knows what else.

[okasha]

4. Same for Trump himself.

What's his reward for being willing to sell out the Baltics?

[OnDoutside]

6. It's surprising no one is highlighting Manafort's Putin links and now these Putin efforts to

derail the Clinton campaign, within MSM.

[Skinner]

7. Also this

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/vladimir_putin_has_a_plan_for_destroying_the_west_and_it_looks_a_lot_like.html

[MichiganVote]

8. I've seen this. Trump, like others I have known, is so full of himself

he doesn't and won't recognize when he is being out manipulated. He and others I have seen just rationalize it all away, esp. once it is clear that they lost control of whatever power games they are playing. A long winded way of stating, again, Trump is an absolute fool.

[Darb]

9. Kaine called him out on it on day one, today.

Fuck Trump and the horse he rode in on.

[SheriffBob]

10. If trump is elected

It will lead to war against china. We will become partners with Russia in a war against china.

[MBS]

12. It sure does.

I'm glad that this is finally getting sustained media attention.

[Ilsa]

13. Don't politicians have to reveal their debts

and financial obligations and to whom? Trump needs to come clean about this and whether it is owed by him, his companies, his kids or their companies.

[L. Coyote]

14. K & R