{"id":1076,"date":"2020-01-06T20:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2020-01-06T20:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:08:51","slug":"trumps-loans-from-deutsche-bank-were-backed-by-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/06\/trumps-loans-from-deutsche-bank-were-backed-by-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Loans From Deutsche Bank Were Backed by Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"story-title heading\"><a class=\"designation-staff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2020\/1\/3\/1909205\/-Explosive-report-indicates-that-Donald-Trump-s-loans-from-Deutsche-Bank-were-back-by-Russia\">Explosive report indicates that Donald Trump&#8217;s loans from Deutsche Bank were backed by Russia<\/a><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"bump-post\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-story-byline\">\n<div class=\"col-story-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-info\">\n<div class=\"story-byline pull-left\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar pull-left\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.dailykos.com\/avatars\/363\/small\/image.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-inner pull-left\">\n<div class=\"author-byline name-heading\"><span class=\"author-name\" title=\"\" data-placement=\"right\" data-toggle=\"mini-profile\" data-user-id=\"363\" data-original-title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/user\/Mark%20Sumner\">Mark Sumner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-byline designation\"><span class=\"author-designation designation-staff\">Daily Kos Staff<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-date hidden-sm\"><span class=\"timestamp \" data-localize-time=\"\" data-epoch-time=\"1578064781000\" data-time-zone=\"-0800\" data-time-format=\"%A %B %d, %Y\">Friday January 03, 2020<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"time-dot\">\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"timestamp \" data-localize-time=\"\" data-epoch-time=\"1578064781000\" data-time-zone=\"-0800\" data-time-format=\"%l:%M %p %Z\">7:19 AM PST<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-blocks-container\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-bookend\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn-unit show-recs-hover\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn story-recommend-btn story-recommends\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"dk-social-btn-unit dk-social-btn twitter-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2020%2F1%2F3%2F1909205%2F-Explosive-report-indicates-that-Donald-Trump-s-loans-from-Deutsche-Bank-were-back-by-Russia&amp;text=Explosive+report+indicates+that+Donald+Trump%27s+loans+from+Deutsche+Bank+were+backed+by+Russia\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 content-section\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 story-section\">\n<div id=\"story-full-content\" class=\"story-full-content\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"story-intro-wrapper width-xl\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"top-story-image\">\n<div class=\"story-image-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"width-xl\">\n<div class=\"story-image width-xl\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive width-xl\" title=\"BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09:  People walk past a branch of Deutsche Bank on February 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Shares of Deutsche Bank rose 16% on the Frankfurt stock exchange on February 10 following rumours the bank may announce a bond buy-back initiative.  (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.dailykos.com\/images\/480686\/story_image\/GettyImages-509339634.jpg?resize=700%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09:  People walk past a branch of Deutsche Bank on February 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Shares of Deutsche Bank rose 16% on the Frankfurt stock exchange on February 10 following rumours the bank may announce a bond buy-back initiative.  (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)\" width=\"700\" height=\"472\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.dailykos.com\/images\/480686\/story_image\/GettyImages-509339634.jpg?1512512975\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"heading image-description\" title=\"attribution: Getty Images\" data-image-attribution=\"attribution: Getty Images\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"stats-column sidebar-section\">\n<div class=\"story-stats\">\n<div class=\"story-social stats-section\">\n<div class=\"social-actions\">\n<div class=\"story-rss-link social-action\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/user\/Mark%20Sumner\/rss.xml\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-column\">\n<div class=\"story-intro story-content\">\n<p>The reasons that Donald Trump would need a massive distraction at this point are numerous. Every day seems to produce fresh evidence that the White House was fully aware that Trump\u2019s delay of military assistance to Ukraine was simply against the law, and that multiple officials\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2020\/1\/2\/1909016\/-Unredacted-emails-show-OMB-officials-knowingly-engaged-in-conspiracy-to-hide-illegal-action-by-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">engaged in a criminal conspiracy<\/a>\u00a0to cover up for Trump\u00a0and retroactively create an excuse for an inexcusable act. Somewhere right now, Mitch McConnell is probably drafting a statement claiming that the Senate could not possibly consider an impeachment trial \u201cduring a time of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"dk-action-embed dk-editor-embed embed-rendered\" data-action=\"letter\" data-slug=\"sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office\" data-src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/widgets\/v3\/letter\/sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office?format=js&amp;source=widget&amp;can_widget_id=can-letter-area-sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office-496186\" data-href=\"\/campaigns\/letter\/sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office\">\n<div id=\"can-letter-area-sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office-496186\" class=\"can-letter-area-sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office\">\n<div class=\"can_embed v3 letter_delivery  letter\">\n<div id=\"can_embed_form\">\n<div id=\"can_embed_form_inner\">\n<form id=\"new_delivery\" class=\"new_delivery has-submit-listener\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" action=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/sign-and-send-the-petition-urge-your-senators-must-vote-to-convict-remove-trump-from-office\/deliveries\" method=\"post\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"form_col1\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"core_field\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">But onto that stack of dog-wagging rationales add this one: According to\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/forensicnews.net\/2019\/12\/30\/trump-deutsche-bank-loans-underwritten-by-russian-state-owned-bank-whistleblower-told-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forensic News<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, Trump\u2019s loans from\u00a0Deutsche Bank were\u00a0underwritten by a Russian state-owned bank. That news reportedly comes from a whistleblower with access to documents from both\u00a0Deutsche Bank and Russia\u2019s state-owned VTB Bank. VTB Bank was also the proposed lender on the never-completed Trump Tower Moscow project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The question of why\u00a0Deutsche Bank would extend a series of huge loans to Trump has been dangling since before he ever announced his candidacy for president on a golden escalator ride. When Trump first went to\u00a0Deutsche Bank, he was worse than broke. He had just finished\u00a0bankrupting multiple casinos in New Jersey, and then had convinced investors to back a takeover of those casinos at a fraction of the original value. Then Trump deliberately allowed the investment group to go bankrupt so he could grab\u00a0the whole deal himself at a fraction of what his investors had paid. Then he went bankrupt. Again. And along the way he was socked with a massive fine for money laundering at his now bankrupt (again) casino.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was so fiscally radioactive\u00a0that no American bank would let him in the door. But\u00a0Deutsche Bank turned around and gifted Trump with loans that gave him a fresh start and an apparently miracle turnaround of his New York real estate empire. Those loans\u00a0have always been the subject of head-scratching over just what\u00a0Deutsche Bank could have been thinking. But if Forensic News is right, what\u00a0Deutsche Bank was thinking was that it wasn\u2019t\u00a0risking a damn thing, because the Russian government was actually vouching for Trump through VTB Bank. If Trump didn\u2019t come through, Vladimir Putin was offering to make it good.<\/p>\n<p>The documents supposedly originated with the son of a former Deutsche Bank official who committed suicide, which is\u00a0<em>very much\u00a0<\/em>the kind of connection that raises concerns about the authenticity of the information. This only highlights the importance of efforts by Congress to gain access to information on these loans. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/12\/3\/1903240\/-Trump-loses-in-court-again-judge-rules-that-Deutsche-Bank-must-provide-loan-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last appeals court ruling<\/a>\u00a0in the case instructed\u00a0Deutsche Bank to turn over the information, but the Supreme Court stepped in to block the subpoena and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/trump-v-deutsche-bank-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hear the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div id=\"read-more\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-intro-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body story-content\">\n<p>Trump lost the fight against the congressional subpoena at the district level and in two appeals, with all judges decisively siding with Congress\u2019 authority to request the records. That the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case is very unusual, both because there was no conflict among rulings by lower courts and because the Supreme Court tends to avoid most cases involving a conflict between the executive and legislative branches.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Trump\u2019s \u201crecovery\u201d depended on selling apartments and buildings to Russian oligarchs at far above market prices. Those deals have always suggested the same kind of money laundering that added to the conviction of Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, but if\u00a0these accusations are accurate, Russia did far more for Trump than buy his gilded condos.<\/p>\n<p>If they are true, this would show that\u00a0Donald Trump was 100% dependent on the Russian government for his \u201cbig comeback.\u201d It would mean that he was completely beholden\u00a0to Putin for his real estate, for his golf courses, for his candidacy\u2014for everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explosive report indicates that Donald Trump&#8217;s loans from Deutsche Bank were backed by Russia Mark Sumner Daily Kos Staff Friday January 03, 2020\u00a0\u00b7\u00a07:19 AM PST \u00a0 \u00a0 The reasons that Donald Trump would need a massive distraction at this point are numerous. 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