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By James Turnage, author of “Down from the Mountain”

What are the real reasons Trump sought the presidency? Let’s begin in 1987. Trump was invited to Moscow by the KGB. During that visit he undoubtedly met with one of the most powerful and aggressive members of the USSR spy agency; Vladimir Putin.

There are no records of another personal meeting until 2005. His business empire failing, Trump took the “Miss Universe Pageant” to Moscow. Returning to New York, his real estate business began to flourish. Was Russian money involved? 

Were Oligarchs laundering money through Trump properties?

Trump returned the Miss Universe Pageant to Moscow in 2013. The events of that visit were documented in a dossier composed by former MI6 agent, Christopher Steele. He revealed plans between Trump and Putin to win a presidential election. Not one agency in the free world has proven this dossier to be false.

The truth; it is reasonable to believe that Trump owed Putin. Not only did Putin seek the destruction of America, he surely promised Trump financial success beyond his wildest dreams.

The first reason Trump sought the presidency was a demand from Putin to serve his ambitions. The second was to become a legitimate billionaire.

There is absolutely no doubt that Trump is using his illegitimate presidency to further his personal ambitions. He declined to follow protocol and refused to divest his business interests. Under orders from their Godfather, Donny Jr. and Eric are increasing his foreign business interests. This is a violation of the Emolument’s Clause.

Foreign leaders and Republican politicians continue to spend millions of dollars at Trump properties. The Trump International Hotel made a profit of $41 million in 2018.

Appearing on Fox Noise, Donny Jr. made a pitiful attempt to misdirect the facts about Trump’s intent to use his presidency for personal gain, which is an egregious violation of federal law.

“Are you guys benefitting financially from the president holding office?” host Brian Kilmeade asked him on Fox Noise, the right-wing propaganda machine.

“It’s ridiculous,” Trump Jr. responded. “We voluntarily stopped doing any international deals. Just think of the opportunity cost.”

Trump tells his cult members at his hate rallies that he is “losing billions of dollars as the president.” Nothing could be farther from the Truth. Trump is using the national treasury to continue living the life of a billionaire, while increasing his wealth by hundreds-of-millions of dollars.

Trump is a con artist and nothing more. His lies are not fooling real Americans as he continues to lead our nation backwards into its dark past and destroy the recovering economy begun by President Barrack Obama.

I not only ask you to vote on November 3, 2020, I demand it. The United States of America is worth saving, and only real Americans can save it. Your vote is a powerful weapon against hypocritical Republicans who are the enemy of the people.

Tell everyone; “the truth lives here.”

Op-ed by James Turnage

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