“Reading about the Michael Cohen plea and the multiple attempts to build or name some Trump building in Russia, but also Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and who knows whatever former Soviet republics, what I am seeing is something really pathetic. Hang with me.
“We know that Trump bankrupted his casinos and no reliable banks would loan to him. The scandalous Deutsche Bank was an exception. At that time, Deutsche Bank was laundering money for Russian oligarchs. Trump was selling condos to Russian above market price. And it’s probable that Trump was laundering money for Russians. By most accounts, this was the beginning of Trump’s interest in Russia.
“On today’s New Yorker, from Cohen’s plea, Adam Davidson writes of Trump’s seven year failed attempt at some kind of building with his name on it in Russia and former Soviet republics.
“Why the failure? Seems that the Russians looked at Trump as a joke, a shitty conman desperate for their money. They saw a Fredo and, while they were happy to have him launder their cash, he was too much of a cheap crook to do business with.
“Davidson writes that until Trump’s presidential campaign shifted from a brand building joke to something serious, the Russians didn’t care about Trump. When Trump got serious, the Russians got serious about Trump. But before that, Trump was a chump.
“This is really important. Over the last two years Trump has been transformed into a Don when, even as president, he’s a Fredo. The orange skin, the ignorance, the loud mouth know it all, the crass bigot, the gold curtains, the way he surrounds himself with bleached blondes, the trophy wife, the cruel and wasteful use of power — He’s a cheap crook who bumbled into a winning lottery ticket.
“Early on, when the Russian election stuff started to surface, one line was that Trump was a ‘useful idiot.’ Then it morphed that Trump was Putin’s puppet or an agent. That was wrong. It looks like idiot was correct. Worse, he’s a willing patsy. There’s an old saying, ‘Why buy cow when you get the milk for free.’ The laundering didn’t buy Trump. Trump is greedy but he also wanted recognition, to be taken seriously, to see his name in lights, to be praised. That’s what the desperate attempts to get his name everywhere are about. That’s what this whole sad fucking presidency is about. It’s Fredo. This whole fucking thing is Fredo.”
—Scott Soriano
Well put. Corrupt to the last man.
Of course, ‘drain the swamp’ was never about corruption. It was about women that don’t know their place and brownfolk.
This bears repeating.
And
if the Jesus you claim to love so much were here he’d put a sandled foot up your suburban/rural ass.
Yes, ‘hate’ is a strong word.
I hate these people and will be happy when they die.
Bwahahaahahaha
—jason malmberg
Flommist Jason Malmberg is a simple man who believes in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art sometimes. Copyright © 2018 Jason Malmberg.
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