nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…
Pause to consider where that $60 million came from.
Manafort’s daughter talked about her father’s income as “blood money.”
businessinsider.com/paul-manafort-…
(I have two attachments on this tweet, a link and screenshot)
The similarities are not surprising, of course, given the fact that Pro-Russian Ukranian operatives (Gates and Manafort) were managing Trump’s campaign.
cnn.com/2018/08/21/pol…
Basically, Manafort and Trump both got rich the same way the Russian oligarchs got rich. What do I mean? . . . (see next tweet)
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I think there are two ways to understand what is happening.
Second, Manafort and Trump are part of a larger criminal enterprise. And neither are at the top.
I think he wants to topple the organization that worked to put Trump into the White House.
Because Trump is using the Russian strategy of creating a constant barrage of crisis and spectacle so that nobody can focus.
Flood the zone! Keep everyone spinning with outrage!
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That’s why he has no real legal strategy or defense. He's not preparing for a court battle. He doesn't think he's going there . . .
His focus is to hold onto his 40% approval.
[I get my numbers from the 538 aggregate, which is more reliable than individual polls. It’s also less swingy. projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval… ]