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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Heaps Praise on Mamdani and New York’s Future (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Trump was praising the Soviets in the 80s.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Well of course. He was a Russian Asset "Krasnov", and had tens of millions of dollars in loans from them. And he's always been open about admiring Putin.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

The loans were from the Russian mafia state after the collapse of the communist state.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago

Not to forget about sex services and human traffic from ex-soviet states. His wife Melania is a slovenian model that happened to imigrate to the US. When soviet empire collapsed, a lot of young women wished to leave it whatever the cost is.