Trump Defends ‘Lightly’ Pursuing Moscow Deal: It Was ‘Very Legal And Very Cool’

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  1. Donald Trump lies.

    All the time.

    About everything.

  2. Jeffrey Toobin writing in the New Yorker:

    It’s true that Trump had the right to do business in Russia during the time when he was a candidate, but the public also had a right to know where his true financial interests lay.

    In Toobin’s formulation, the problem is not so much that Trump insisted on his rights; it is that the press and the public did not insist on theirs.

  3. I talked lied repeatedly about it on the campaign trail…

  4. I think that Trump in this situation, would have a moral obligation to inform the public about his business interest.

    The public and the press can only ask about so much. And the voters allowed Trump to not reveal his tax information, just saying.

  5. Avatar for nycabj nycabj says:

    Perhaps it would have been less of a problem if you hadn’t repeatedly lied about not doing business in Russia, or being ensnared with Putin’s government, or having your minions, including the boys, in frequent contact on your behalf.
    Btw, is “'lightly doing business” the same thing as being just a little bit pregnant?

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