Basically poking Trump's ego by saying there is no way he could be involved because he is too dumb and too small time and that he is nothing more than a small time puppet that got totally played.
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Mark Cuban@mcuban
1) Here is my take on Trump and Russia
2) Russians have made him a lot of money buying condos and investing in his bldgs and hosting his beauty pageant.That makes them his friends
3) He ignored their backgrounds. But that's not unusual. Starbucks takes anyone's money and so do most businesses including mine.
4) He spoke favorably about Putin to get his approval for Russians to get $ out of Russia and into Trump deals. He saw it as easy money
5) When Manafort was recommended, he didn't vett him. He saw it as a win win. Win the election or open the door for more Russian business
6) As people with Russian connects came into the campaign he had no clue that those connections were possibly being influenced by Russia
7) His lean campaign took direction from people he trusted and he followed those directions. He had no clue where the Russians fit
8) when Manafort got "hot" he got rid of him but the campaign approach had been established. Bannon took it to the next level FTW
9) No chance this is a DJT led conspiracy. He isn't detail oriented, organized or big picture enough to pull off any time of conspiracy
10) I think Putin recognized trumps greed and took advantage by back channeling coordinated misinformation in an attempt to influence voters
11) Trump had no idea this was happening. He was doing what he was told to do. Stick to the script and read what was written for him
12)Because he didn't recognize or understand as it was happening he has no idea what to do now or how to respond. So he turns to Fox News
13) That's what I think happened. Feel free to agree or disagree
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I think Cuban is being too kind. My personal belief (and yes, likely biased due to my dislike for Trump) is that the Russians dug up dirt on both parties, as well as Trump specifically, and Trump made the right deals to have them spill the dirt on the Dems and spare him. But now Trump is antsy because the Russians still have dirt on him as collateral to follow through with whatever he promised them (likely neutering NATO and ignoring Russian aggression). He made a deal with the devil.
I also believe that when Trump made the deal, he still never really thought he would win the election, it was more about attention and selling hats. He just wanted to make things as painful as possible for his adversaries and is now a little cornered since he didn't plan on having to follow through. He stumbled into the problem in a way I guess. So yeah, Cuban is right, but IMO, Trump was likely more active than he is saying.
The U.S. government is compromised by an enemy state. Sad.
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Between 2011 and 2016, he also tweeted at least 26 complaints, jokes, or scoldings about Barack Obama playing golf while president. Some of the following could be considered retweets, but Trump’s long had a unique Twitter style that blurs the line between tweets about him and those he writes himself.
Maybe fata, but a great listen with Sam Harris and Anne Applebaum about Russia, its destabilizing tactics, and Trump. Lots of illuminating insights.
Anne Applebaum is great. If I was a politician, I would want her as an adviser. Her knowledge of history and the power (and limitations) of media is phenomenal.
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They were talking about Trump declining to throw out the first pitch for Washington, and came up with one of his interviews.
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“I was always the best athlete. Something that nobody knew about me. …I was the best baseball player in New York when I was young. … But I also knew that it was very limited, because in those days you couldn’t even make a lot of money playing baseball. … Everybody wanted me to be a baseball player. But I was good in other sports too. I was good in wresting, I was very good at football. I was always the best at sports.”
INTERVIEWER: “How were you as a hitter?”
TRUMP: “The best. The best hitter.”
He's like that friend of yours kid or a cousin, that you really don't like.
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