The Donald Trump thread

[Wales-Bales]

I'll take that as a compliment. Another example of 'perverse inversion theory' - the one where the idiot runs around the playground calling all,the other kids idiots.

What are we looking at here, it's the targeting of the political opposition right? So who's giving the orders, and for what reason? Your comrades in Mosköw might get away with this sort of thing, but it doesn't happen in America. This story is far from over, in fact, it's only the beginning!

[jon1959]

What are we looking at here, it's the targeting of the political opposition right? So who's giving the orders, and for what reason? Your comrades in Mosköw might get away with this sort of thing, but it doesn't happen in America. This story is far from over, in fact, it's only the beginning!

Hardly my 'comrades'. Not since the Stalinist victory of the 1930s anyway. In fact not anyone's comrades any more - even the old Tankies on the Anglo-Bulgarian Friendship Society who organised all those cheap, crap holidays!

What political system do you think is in place in Russia?

An authoritarian strong man in Putin, heading a bureaucratic caste of state functionaries, presiding over an economy dominated by oligarchs who privately own former state assets that they stole in the Yeltsin era, and which uses a significant military and much more significant intelligence and cyber-crime capacity to influence international politics and finance to the advantage of the ruling caste. In doing that they seek to promote those - like your hero Trump - who will support their interests - whether that is geo-political or simple money laundering through Florida real estate deals!

Hopefully exposure of that sordid story is far from over. In fact.... only the beginning!