Very worrisome

A friend sent me this, however, the source is 'The Guardian'.   I am posting it because if any of it is true, it is very worrisome indeed:

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► Trump was first compromised by the Russians back in the 80s. In 1984, the Russian Mafia began to use Trump real estate to launder money and it continued for decades. In 1987, the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations, Yuri Dubinin, arranged for Trump and his then-wife, Ivana, to enjoy an all-expense-paid trip to Moscow to consider possible business prospects. Only seven weeks after his trip, Trump ran full-page ads in the Boston Globe, the NYT and WaPO calling for, in effect, the dismantling of the postwar Western foreign policy alliance. The whole Trump/Russian connection started out as laundering money for the Russian mob through Trump's real estate, but evolved into something far bigger.

► In 1984, David Bogatin — a Russian mobster, convicted gasoline bootlegger, and close ally of Semion Mogilevich, a major Russian mob boss — met with Trump in Trump Tower right after it opened. Bogatin bought five condos from Trump at that meeting. Those condos were later seized by the government, which claimed they were used to launder money for the Russian mob. (NY Times, Apr 30, 1992)

► Felix Sater is a Russian-born former mobster, and former managing director of real estate conglomerate Bayrock Group LLC located on the 24th floor of Trump Tower. He is a convict who became a cooperator for the FBI and other agencies. He grew up with Michael Cohen, Trump's former "fixer" attorney. Cohen's family owned El Caribe, which was a mob hangout for the Russian Mafia in Brooklyn. Cohen had ties to Ukrainian oligarchs through his in-laws and his brother's in-laws. Felix Sater's father had ties to the Russian mob. This goes back more than 30 years.

► Trump was $4 billion in debt after his Atlantic City casinos went bankrupt. No U.S. bank would touch him. Then foreign money began flowing in through Bayrock. Bayrock was run by two investors: Tevfik Arif, a Kazakhstan-born former Soviet official who drew on bottomless sources of money from the former Soviet republic; and Felix Sater, a Russian-born businessman who had pleaded guilty in the 1990s to a huge stock-fraud scheme involving the Russian mafia. Bayrock partnered with Trump in 2005 and poured money into the Trump organization under the legal guise of licensing his name and property management.

► Semion Mogilevich was the brains behind the Russian Mafia. Mogilevich operatives have been using Trump real estate for decades to launder money. That means Russian Mafia operatives have been part of his fortune for years, that many of them have owned condos in Trump Towers and other properties, running their operations out of Trump's crown jewel.

► One of the most important things that is often overlooked is that the Russian Mafia is part and parcel of Russian intelligence. Russia is a mafia state. That is not a metaphor. Putin is head of the Mafia. So the fact that they operated out of the home of a president of the United States is deeply disturbing.

Beware

We should have been prepared

But we weren't.  Just like the COVID epidemic, into which Canada bumbled and lurched, thanks to the incompetent Theresa Tam and a boatload of sleep-walking health ministers, Trudeau has left us once again wide open to what Trump is unleashing.  

I have to laugh at all the weeping and wailing about how tariffs will destroy the Canadian economy.  Guess who destroyed the economy way before Trump arrived?  For the answer to that, Trudeau and Freeland can look directly in the mirror -- not to find out who is the fairest of them all -- but for answers on what happened to our economy?  The tax-spend-and-borrow Liberals tanked it thanks to their global, woke, insanity policies.

Answers are always in the mirror.

In a breathtaking act of pure spite, Trudeau is further destroying the economy so Carney will have an even bigger pile to deal with when he takes over.  Giving more billions to the natives, stacking the Senate -- you name it, he's pouring money all over it.  I mean, why does the McMichael Gallery need $22 million??!!

You don't want me, so I'll wreck everything on my way out the door, is his attitude.  What a petulant, spoiled brat.  Instead of uniting Canadians, as he vowed, he has left us more divided and angrier than ever.  "Canada is back" is now "Canada is destroyed".

But I have a hunch Trump will back down some because Republican governors in Red states reliant on trade with Canada will be forced to put pressure on him.  In the meantime, he has at least cancelled DEI and the hysterical woke hoards it engendered.

Canada's federal public service had its own DEI agenda back when I was working for the Public Service Commission.  They called it 'The merit principle'.  Except it wasn't.  That principle was actually suspended so visible minorities, the handicapped, women and francophones could be hired for positions they weren't necessarily the best qualified for.

The NHL is dropping all its "Pride" initiatives, which is a good thing.  Stick to playing hockey, fellas, and drop all the pink shirt bunk.  The Russian players are refusing to wear "pride" jerseys and so is Sharks goalie James Reimer.

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On the Russia/Ukraine file, have you ever seen such a display of panicked "leaders" running to London over the weekend to huddle in dread over what to do about Trump's rapping of Zelensky's knuckles?  Of course, they fawned all over Zelensky and issued a meaningless statement claiming they were united as the "coalition of the willing" and would commit to "as long as it takes" to save Ukraine.  What does that mean?  Frankly, absolutely nothing.

That ship, however, has long since sailed.  Trump will have to do what they failed to accomplish in three years:  Get a peace deal signed.  My bet is he will -- especially since Zelensky has now agreed to the rare minerals deal.

Well, buckle up, as Bette Davis said in 'All About Eve', "It's going to be a bumpy ride." 

      

Finally

I know many people will disagree vehemently, but I was glad to see Zelensky put in his place by Trump and Vance.  He has been over his skis for years, but finally, he has been handed a dose of reality.  Frankly, Canada is in the same boat as Ukraine, when it comes to mooching militarily off the US.  We've been delinquent on that file for decades and Trump is making us pay too.  

Zelensky getting a scolding.

Zelensky himself admits he doesn't know where billions of dollars have gone.  Well, I'll tell you where a bunch of it has gone:  Into his own pockets.  Has anyone noticed how wealthy the man and his family have become since the war started and the world began to funnel billions into Ukraine's coffers?  The US alone has handed them $175 billion.  Canada has given them $19.7 billion out of our own meagre money chest.

Zelensky is worth $30 million.  Not bad for a standup comedian.  He has also bought luxury properties and villas in the Virgin Islands, Cyprus, Belize, Egypt and London, as well as a fleet of luxury cars and other goodies.

And isn't it a coincidence that his relatives and in-laws also started buying luxury properties and yachts right after the war began.  If you don't believe me, have a google of 'The Pandora Papers'.  It's all in there.

Flying around the world in his battle fatigue, dress up costume is getting a bit old.  To all the bed wetters calling Trump a dictator, I'd say the real dictator is Zelensky.  Who's running around he world demanding -- and getting -- money?  Who has everyone drinking his Koolaid?  Not Trump.

If Zelensky gives the US the right to Ukraine's minerals, which are on the border with Russia, Putin will never invade because to do so, he would declaring war on the US.  Not going to happen.  So, that's the key and for Zelensky to leave without that deal was just dumb because that was his ticket to peace and security.  

I read that just before his meeting with Trump, he met with anti-Trump Democrats, who urged him not to sign the deal he had already agreed to.  So, you can thank the Dem's for the mass killing that will continue without a peace agreement.

Frankly, I don't believe Zelensky wants peace.  I mean why would he?  His off-shore bank accounts are the beneficiaries of the world's largesse as long as the war continues.

As Trump said, there has been no success at getting Putin to the table to talk peace in the last three years with Zelensky in charge.  Without Trump's intervention, it still would not be happening.

Can you imagine Kamala Harris achieving this?  It's laughable.  I could never understand why so many people actually supported her -- including my apparently left-wing sisters.  Call me what you will, I am glad Trump put his foot down.  

My only fear is how long will he last until the deep state finally succeeds in killing him.