Originally Posted by Moe_Tilden
The problem with a lot of the accusations levelled against Trump working with the mob is that they are typically made by people with a certain political ideology, they typically appear on websites with a liberal bent, and they typically accept as fact accusations made by questionable sources.

It's tit-for-tat, really. Every time I draw parallels to the Clinton's lying down with dogs and getting fleas, and provide sources positing such, you completely skirt over it.

A lot of people who vote for Trump are well aware of his history, but they're equally aware of the Clintons histories, and they are sick of being patronized by a biased media who have been proven to pursue baseless stories about Trump while completely glossing over the corruption surrounding the Clintons.

It's the same as Bush being pilloried by Rolling Stone etc. while Obama gets a free pass for doing similar shit.

Some people won't be pandered to, Oak.


Ha!

What happened to all builders working with the mob in the 80s?

Now you're saying Trump never did, and that those making the accusations just have a political agenda?

First you say Trump was just doing what everyone else was doing, now you're saying he didn't do anything.

Hilarious.

Trumps mob connections were discussed by reporters and authors since he was a Democrat. So the political angle doesn't fly.

It's well documented and common knowledge that Trump cut deals with the mob to get ahead in Manhattan's real estate business, and that these were quid pro quo deals where he benefited. He wasn't extorted like other builders. Even you know it.


"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea