By Spenser S. Hsu and Rosalind S. Helderman
The Dutch son-in-law of one of Russia’s wealthiest men (click here) pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Washington to making false statements in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election....
Part of the risk in doing business in foreign countries is the changing business climate within that country. Places like Europe are far safer and more stable than doing business in other countries, including BRIC countries. With President Donald Trump sidling up to President Vladimir Putin on a regular basis, he is preventing his investments from leaving his portfolio. Putin can take Trump's assets if he wants to and short of going to the WTO in a legal action, there is nothing Trump can do.
He never truly divested his company. He is too worried about the USA having a friendship with Russia. It is about his company and his family's interest in same.
When Putin stated if Clinton were elected there would be nuclear war, but, not with Trump; he believed Trump would never fire a shot at Russia. It is obvious where that statement came from; it was blackmail. Putin has Trump blackmailed with his Russian investments.
February 21, 2018
By Brennan Weiss
A 2008 quote from President Donald Trump's eldest son (click here) about his family's assets resurfaced on Sunday in a New York Times op-ed article.
"In terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets," Donald Trump Jr. said at a New York real-estate conference that year. "Say, in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo, and anywhere in New York. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia."
Trump Jr.'s comment has taken on new meaning amid the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.
The op-ed article, by Thomas Friedman, tears into Trump and his response to Russia's election interference....
