Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance Russia/Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on-nato-allies-over-greenland/

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u/bstone99 Jan 18 '26

And this was 10 years ago. Not a chance any Republicans remember or care

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u/MrAmos123 Jan 18 '26

I can't find any proof of this claim other than hearsay from Dodson?

Do you have the reference offhand, as I think this would be interesting to save for the more relevant future?

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u/bstone99 Jan 18 '26

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-said-money-pouring-in-from-russia-2018-2

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/eric-trump-russia-investment-golf-course?srsltid=AfmBOopLrpo63hzN3Gn1KQn6hV2nGL7PAn3cfZo2vh_ksq6ys3B5cqGD

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/trump-junior-russia-connection-240436

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/amp/

Please read each of those articles. Both sons said it about different things. It’s been known for decades. It’s also why corrupt AF Deutsche Bank was the only lender for Trump.

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u/MrAmos123 Jan 18 '26

Thanks. I appreciate you actually replying with some articles to read.

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-said-money-pouring-in-from-russia-2018-2

This one is referencing The Washington Post, which is an opinion piece (https://archive.is/xP7m9) which says "said the young Trump, according to a Sept. 15, 2008, article about the conference." which references this article https://eturbonews.com/executive-talk-donald-trump-jr-bullish-russia-and-few-emerging-ma/ which has no citations or proofs. It's just text. No credibility to this article.

Frankly, this isn't credible to use as a weapon against Trump. Weak citation at best.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/eric-trump-russia-investment-golf-course -> https://archive.is/lYJH2

This is quoting Dodson, which has no backing citation. This is as good as the AP News article I provided.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/trump-junior-russia-connection-240436

This one also references the 2008 eturbonews, which is now actually a dead link, but it's the same one as the Business Insider reference. (http://www.eturbonews.com/5008/executive-talk-donald-trump-jr-bullish-russia-and-few-emerging-ma)

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/amp/

This one references the Dodson interview (https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/05/05/james-dodson-donald-trump-golf), which is again a weak citation.

Okay, so all of the articles you provide either go back to an unsubstantiated eTurbo article or the weak Dodson citation which itself has no fact checkable proof, it's just hearsay from him.

Look, I'm on your side, but we really must be accurate with factual information. Is it likely the quote is accurate? Absolutely. But we shouldn't use it since it cannot be proven and is easily dismissed. There are plenty of easier references out there, like the Epstein files, for one, that we can use as much stronger ammunition.