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Donald Trump Russia Quotes Timeline
These are Donald Trump quotes about Russia and his apparent collusion with Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin, elements of the KGB and GRU, and that entire, vast, shadowy communist enterprise. For people in a hurry, I'm going to start with the "Top Ten Donald Trump Russia Quotes and Facts" in a mini-timeline format, concentrating on things Trump and his children said before their story changed radically after he elected to run for president. I will then follow with an expanded list of Trump Russia quotes and a more detailed timeline that begins with the birth of Frederick Trumpf (or Drumpf) in Germany in 1869 and traces how the Trumps made a fortune by operating brothels, only to be evicted from Germany for tax evasion and draft dodging. Ironically, the Trumps were refugees taken in by the United States! The Trump family business was operated according to mob principles (complete loyalty and obedience to the don, or in this case, The Donald). Russia did not enter the picture accidentally, but actually made Trump their primary target on the first day Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin set foot in New York, in 1986. Since then Trump has been helping Vladimir Putin complete his bucket list by withdrawing the U.S. from Ronald Reagan's landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, damning NATO and our our major allies, preferring Russian propaganda to American intelligence, repealing Russian sanctions, pulling American troops out of Syria and Afghanistan in helter-skelter fashion, etc.
The Top Ten Donald Trump Russia Quotes (a Mini-Timeline)
1986: "The Russian market is attracted to me!"
But how did the mutual attraction start? Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin sought out Trump on his first day in New York in 1986 and "hooked" him, per his daughter Natalia's personal recollection. It was Dubinin who later planted the idea of a Moscow Trump Tower in Trump's brain and persuaded him to visit Moscow, where he slept in the Lenin suite of a KGB-monitored hotel. Hence the "pee tape" or something like it might very well exist. (*)
1996: "Tremendous financial commitments!" with "almost all of the oligarchs in the room!"
After 20 years of seeking to build a Moscow Trump Tower, it finally seems like a reality when Trump announces a $250 million investment at a 1996 news conference in Moscow, citing "tremendous financial commitments!" An article in the Moscow Times lauds Trump as the city's first grand builder since Stalin. Trump describes one meeting where "almost all of the oligarchs were in the room." Trump would host cocktail parties in Moscow to recruit Russian investors and buyers. Trump would also trademark his name in Russia in 1996. In fact, four of the trademarks were officially renewed the day he was elected president!
2007: "It's ridiculous that I wouldn't be investing in Russia." — Donald Trump, testifying under oath in 2007
Trump also said under oath that there would be a Trump International Hotel and Tower in "Moscow, Kiev, Istanbul, etc., Poland, Warsaw." Trump had been doing major real estate deals with Bayrock, a company whose principals had apparent ties to the Russian mob. Those ties were exposed when Bayrock's director of finance revealed them in a 2010 lawsuit. (**)
2007: Trump launches his Trump Super Premium Vodka brand in Moscow.
2008: "We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia." — Donald Trump Jr., speaking in Moscow, Sept. 15, 2008
2008: "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. — Donald Trump Jr., speaking in Moscow, Sept. 15, 2008
2008: According to Felix Sater, while visiting the Kremlin, pampered Ivanka Trump sits and spins in Vladimir Putin's chair! Who does that?
2013: "I've done a lot of business with the Russians." — Donald Trump, Oct. 17, 2013
2013: I have plans for the establishment of business in Russia. Now, I am in talks with several Russian companies to establish this skyscraper. — Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2013, discussing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in an interview with RT (Russia Today)
2014: We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia. — Eric Trump in 2014, explaining how the Trumps were able to expand their golf holdings during a major financial crisis when American banks refused to make such loans to anyone, much less the Trumps
Anyone reading these quotes would not get the impression that Trump had "nothing to do with Russia," no knowledge or Russia, no dealings with Russia, and no possibility of any deals with Russia whatsoever, as he would later claim.
Donald Trump Russia Quotes Timeline
These are Donald Trump quotes about Russia and his apparent collusion with Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin, elements of the KGB and GRU, and that entire, vast, shadowy communist enterprise. For people in a hurry, I'm going to start with the "Top Ten Donald Trump Russia Quotes and Facts" in a mini-timeline format, concentrating on things Trump and his children said before their story changed radically after he elected to run for president. I will then follow with an expanded list of Trump Russia quotes and a more detailed timeline that begins with the birth of Frederick Trumpf (or Drumpf) in Germany in 1869 and traces how the Trumps made a fortune by operating brothels, only to be evicted from Germany for tax evasion and draft dodging. Ironically, the Trumps were refugees taken in by the United States! The Trump family business was operated according to mob principles (complete loyalty and obedience to the don, or in this case, The Donald). Russia did not enter the picture accidentally, but actually made Trump their primary target on the first day Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin set foot in New York, in 1986. Since then Trump has been helping Vladimir Putin complete his bucket list by withdrawing the U.S. from Ronald Reagan's landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, damning NATO and our our major allies, preferring Russian propaganda to American intelligence, repealing Russian sanctions, pulling American troops out of Syria and Afghanistan in helter-skelter fashion, etc.
8 times Trump denied doing business in Russia
1. July 26, 2016: "I mean, I have nothing to do with Russia. I don't have any jobs in Russia. I'm all over the world but we're not involved in Russia," Trump tells CBS4.
2. July 26, 2016: "For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia," Trump tweets.
3. Oct. 6, 2016: During the second presidential debate, Hillary Clinton says Russia is trying to help elect Trump, "maybe because he wants to do business in Moscow." Trump calls this assessment "so ridiculous," adding, "I know nothing about Russia ... I don't deal there."
4. Oct. 24, 2016: "I have nothing to do with Russia folks, I'll give you a written statement," Trump says at a campaign rally.
5. Jan. 11, 2017: Trump tells reporters that he has "no deals that could happen in Russia because we've stayed away," adding that he could "make deals in Russia very easily" but "I just don't want to because I think that would be a conflict."
6. Jan. 11, 2017: "Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!," Trump tweets.
7. Feb. 7, 2017: Trump tweets, "I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy."
8. May 11, 2017: Trump tells NBC News that he has "nothing to do with Russia," other than the fact that he "sold a house to a very wealthy Russian many years ago" and hosted the Miss Universe pageant there once. Brendan Morrow
The Top Ten Donald Trump Russia Quotes (a Mini-Timeline)
1986: "The Russian market is attracted to me!"
But how did the mutual attraction start? Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin sought out Trump on his first day in New York in 1986 and "hooked" him, per his daughter Natalia's personal recollection. It was Dubinin who later planted the idea of a Moscow Trump Tower in Trump's brain and persuaded him to visit Moscow, where he slept in the Lenin suite of a KGB-monitored hotel. Hence the "pee tape" or something like it might very well exist. (*)
1996: "Tremendous financial commitments!" with "almost all of the oligarchs in the room!"
After 20 years of seeking to build a Moscow Trump Tower, it finally seems like a reality when Trump announces a $250 million investment at a 1996 news conference in Moscow, citing "tremendous financial commitments!" An article in the Moscow Times lauds Trump as the city's first grand builder since Stalin. Trump describes one meeting where "almost all of the oligarchs were in the room." Trump would host cocktail parties in Moscow to recruit Russian investors and buyers. Trump would also trademark his name in Russia in 1996. In fact, four of the trademarks were officially renewed the day he was elected president!
2007: "It's ridiculous that I wouldn't be investing in Russia." — Donald Trump, testifying under oath in 2007
Trump also said under oath that there would be a Trump International Hotel and Tower in "Moscow, Kiev, Istanbul, etc., Poland, Warsaw." Trump had been doing major real estate deals with Bayrock, a company whose principals had apparent ties to the Russian mob. Those ties were exposed when Bayrock's director of finance revealed them in a 2010 lawsuit. (**)
2007: Trump launches his Trump Super Premium Vodka brand in Moscow.
2008: "We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia." — Donald Trump Jr., speaking in Moscow, Sept. 15, 2008
2008: "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. — Donald Trump Jr., speaking in Moscow, Sept. 15, 2008
2008: According to Felix Sater, while visiting the Kremlin, pampered Ivanka Trump sits and spins in Vladimir Putin's chair! Who does that?
2013: "I've done a lot of business with the Russians." — Donald Trump, Oct. 17, 2013
2013: I have plans for the establishment of business in Russia. Now, I am in talks with several Russian companies to establish this skyscraper. — Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2013, discussing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in an interview with RT (Russia Today)
2014: We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia. — Eric Trump in 2014, explaining how the Trumps were able to expand their golf holdings during a major financial crisis when American banks refused to make such loans to anyone, much less the Trumps
Anyone reading these quotes would not get the impression that Trump had "nothing to do with Russia," no knowledge or Russia, no dealings with Russia, and no possibility of any deals with Russia whatsoever, as he would later claim.
