All of Donald Trump's Ties to Russia and Putin, in 7 Charts - POLITICO Magazine
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What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia? The answer is still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with an investigation. But there's no doubt that a spider web of connections—some public, some private, some clear, some murky—exists between Trump, his associates and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
These charts illustrate dozens of those links, including meetings between Russian officials and members of Trump's campaign and administration; his daughter's ties to Putin's friends; Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant; and his short-lived mixed martial arts venture with one of Putin's favorite athletes. The solid lines mark established facts, while dotted ones represent speculative or unproven connections.
There's nothing inherently damning about most of the ties illustrated below. But they do reveal the vast and mysteriously complex web behind a story that has vexed Trump's young presidency from its start—and is certain to shake the White House for months to come.
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1. Trump and Putin, via Administration Officials
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2. Trump and Putin, via Michael Flynn
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3. Trump and Putin, via Campaign Advisers
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4. Trump and Putin, via Paul Manafort
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5. Trump and Putin, via Business Ties
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6. Trump and Putin, via Felix Sater
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7. Trump and Putin, via Trump Family Members
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Ours and our allies intelligence agencies were all well aware of and monitoring Trump's secretive relationships with clandestine agents of Putin's Russian State Intelligence Services in the years leading up to 2016. Hell, beginning by at least 2014 and continuing right up to election day in 2016 Trump was negotiating with Vlad Putin to build a Trump Tower in Moscow right across the street from the Kremlin. It wasn't really a secret among those within ours or our allies governments...
The CIA and FBI investigations (plural) into Trump's secretive relationships with Russian spies were legally predicated and long predated the 2016 Presidential election. They were properly instigated by Trump seeking out and meeting with and establishing long term relationships with clandestine agents of Russian State Intelligence Services a/k/a Russian Spies!
Pretending otherwise now is actually laughable.
Unexplainable. To even discuss, much less investigate anything about Trump is akin to talking about 'that uncle' who likes special time with the nieces.
Uncle Ernie?