So many of Trump’s close inner circle of advisers and appointees have close ties with Russia, have met with Russian operatives and/or ambassador, or have lucrative business deals with Russian oligarchs, real estate or Rosnift (the Russian state owned oil company) that it’s becoming complex to keep score. Below is an informal list, with very brief descriptions of each player. (Strike-throughs indicate that this person has already resigned or been removed from their position.) This list is expected to get longer as more information is revealed about the Trump camp.
Trump Team Russian Connections
03 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
by voice13 in back stories, conservative lies, conservatives, corporatists, corruption Tags: advisors, carter page, corruption, dictatorship, Exxon, hacking, jared kushner, michael cohen, michael flynn, money, oil, paul manafort, putin, Rex Tillerson, roger stone, rosnift, Russia, sanctions, treason, Trump, wilber toss
Why Putin Wanted to Elect Trump
08 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
by voice13 in back stories, conscious evolution, conservatives, corporatists, money in politics, wealth inequality Tags: brexit, EU, Exxon, racist right wing, republicans, Rex Tillerson, right wing politicians, Russia, russia sanctions, Trump
Hidden beneath all the chaos of the first three weeks of the Trump administration — the questionably legal Executive Orders, the inept wording and rollout of the Muslim ban, the tweet ravings against actors and department stores, the insults against our intelligence community and our allies, the provocation of China, the assault on our environment, and the laughable outright lies uttered by spokespeople — there continues the quietly rowing scandal of the Trump team’s close ties with Russia.
We can presently recognize several reasons why Putin wanted Trump as US President, but since the Director of the CIA has been replaced with a Trump loyalist, the investigation has probably officially been stopped and silenced. However, many in the intelligence community do not trust the Trump administration because of their many ties to Russia, and these agencies are providing the United States media information via internal leaks which may help us save democracy.
17 different intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russia manipulated our election to place Trump in the White House. But why?
Our first rule always applies: Follow The Money.
But let’s dig deeper…initially, there appear to be three reasons: Territory, Oil Money & Sanctions, and Influence over & Disruption of the United States.
So for now, lets start by taking a brief look at the backstory of the USSR and it’s empire.