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Originally Posted by Pete F.

To square the circle, Trump’s history of financial incompetence and alleged swindling also helps explain how he eventually got into bed with the Russians. In the early 1990s, the Soviet Union had collapsed (I was working in Moscow at the time), and there was a lawless, Wild West free for all as Russians grabbed whatever assets they could (sidebar: there are 71 billionaires in Moscow alone today, Forbes reports). Many Russians needed to launder cash; Trump needed cash. It was a marriage made in heaven. For decades, “at least 13 people with known or alleged links to the Russian Mafia held the deeds to, lived in or ran criminal operations out of Trump Tower in New York or other Trump properties,” the Washington Post has reported. Trump may be off the hook on colluding with the Russians during the 2016 campaign, but his collusion with dirty Russian money is beyond question.

And you wonder why Trump has his tail between his legs anytime he's around Russians. At least there's no chance it could influence his sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.