2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRon Fournier is on MoJoe today.
He's Sr. Political Columnist for the National Journal.
He said Manafort has worked for the Russians, and he lied to us repeatedly last week. He cannot be trusted to tell the truth about Trump's connections with Russia. Trump needs to release his financials and tax returns. They are discussing the Trump/Putin connections.
The group also covered the emails. They played with some of them. But concluded that there must be hard proof that Russian intelligence was behind the hack and release.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)DT's response was, "well, we kill people in America too," per Joe Scarborough.
helpisontheway
(5,004 posts)Usually he talks over them or tries to change the subject. I thought for sure he would be talking about DWS/CNN POLL the entire time...
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)He's been borrowing from Russian oligarchs and others in Europe.
I think Deutsche Bank's US arm will lend him money, but even though they are big in the US, they aren't really US-based.
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)not paying subcontractors and contractors, I had wondered how he was able to get financing. He's a poor credit risk. I wonder how much banks have charged off?
bucolic_frolic
(42,678 posts)that Deutsche Bank is in the worst shape of all the European Banks
Defaulting borrowers is a rumor Europe would not like to hear
many a good man
(5,997 posts)We have to be careful here. Trump's and Manafort's ties to the Putin oligarchs seem to have real substance. This hacking story may turn out to be a diversion which can't be proved or can be discredited - leading the media to completely ignore the financial story.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)Justice
(7,182 posts)let go of this - particularly after FBI briefing today.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Maybe they need to think about what Bernstein and Woodward started with before they exposed Nixon's Watergate.