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(11,243 posts) Tue Mar 7, 2017, 08:21 PM Mar 2017

Trump, Russian billionaire say theyve never met, but their jets did in Charlotte [View all]

Source: Charlotte Observer

Five days before the November election, a Russian billionaire’s jet wheeled to a stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Less than 90 minutes later, Donald Trump’s campaign jet arrived on the same tarmac for an afternoon campaign rally in nearby Concord.

Who was aboard Dmitry Rybolovlev’s luxurious jet and whether the planes’ near-simultaneous arrival facilitated another previously undisclosed Russian contact with Trump, his family or campaign associates remain unanswered questions.

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Trump and Rybolovlev, however, agree on this: They say they have never met, although Trump sold a Palm Beach mansion to the Russian fertilizer magnate for $95 million eight years earlier. Rybolovlev recently bulldozed the mansion and is selling the oceanfront property.

The proximity of their intersecting flights, coupled with evidence that Rybolovlev’s plane was also in Las Vegas briefly on the same day as Trump, Oct. 30, has fueled internet plots.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article136940273.html

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Trump, Russian billionaire say theyve never met, but their jets did in Charlotte [View all] wildeyed Mar 2017 OP

NC is a horrible state... scscholar Mar 2017 #1

NC is horrible because Trump and an oligarch's private planes were here? wildeyed Mar 2017 #4

Really? Red Mountain Mar 2017 #6

I live in Washington state where our ballots... scscholar Mar 2017 #21

Yes, but how does that relate to a Russian oligarch's plane in NC? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #22

Our votes aren't counted scscholar Mar 2017 #24

I'm not arguing but your point is irrelevant to the plane in NC. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #25

♡ littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #32

That makes no sense rockfordfile Mar 2017 #8

WTF? NC has no control over which airplanes land at its airports. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #20

In what ways would you say littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #31

I often allows my bias to dissuade me from discussing the relevant as well. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #42

Let's keep an eye on that tail number, M-KATE. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #2

It did, while tRump was vacationing there, after tRump was inaugurinated. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #7

"Inagurinated"!!! Codeine Mar 2017 #10

I first saw it on DU :) Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #11

I have seen that plane!! BlueEye Mar 2017 #16

The paint job is very snazzy. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #18

My jet's going to look just like that one! NBachers Mar 2017 #35

Now that it's been noted... Red Mountain Mar 2017 #19

I wonder if there is any tarmac security video to be had? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #29

russians got the republican Draft-&-Tax Dodger-in-Chief by the short hairs Achilleaze Mar 2017 #3

And when Clinton met with the former Attorney General, what did the GOP say about that? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #5

projection. it's always projection w them. mopinko Mar 2017 #17

True. The GOP has become a party of thieves so it is reasonable for them to assume guillaumeb Mar 2017 #30

yes they met rockfordfile Mar 2017 #9

hey, what happens on the jet "stays on the jet." Ask the girls, /wink. Sunlei Mar 2017 #12

The airplane is registered in the Isle of Man, of all places. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #13

Is this the plane that Rachel reported on a few nights back? randr Mar 2017 #14

Yes. See #13. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #15

Yes! I first "found" Louise via a Malcolm Nance tweet a month ago? And I posted this the night Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #23

M-KATE is the airplane's registration code. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #26

Thank you, Ocelot - after her tweets about that FL weekend, she proceeded to investigate all Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #27

Off topic: how does the Isle of Man get its own registration codes? mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #38

I have no idea. ICAO decides these things, I think. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #39

The Fertilizer King? Who bought a Trump house that cost $40 million for $100 million. Botany Mar 2017 #28

"I want you to know, Donald... wordpix Mar 2017 #33

K&R. dchill Mar 2017 #34

So their jets met March 4th Mar 2017 #36

And in Concord to boot. wildeyed Mar 2017 #37

Also met in Vegas and recently it's possible they met in Florida 2 more times. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #40

It should be interesting when it all finally comes out. wildeyed Mar 2017 #41