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That is certainly part of it - but his cash/credit needs exceed what he might be able to steal from us. He's going to be looking for a deep-pocket, perhaps some leader who controls the banking system in their country - just guessing, of course.

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Agree. My guess....(drumroll).....Putin.

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Putin, Erdoğan, Duterte and there are no doubt more ...

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He might now be a liability to Putin. Do you suppose Putin's former KGB operatives are in the U.S. and have a little polonium on hand?

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It's too soon for that. Putin wants instability in the U.S., which Donald is certainly promoting.

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Names aligning with the authoritarians "assisted" with their elections by Cambridge Analytica's micro-targeted Facebook ads. (Today's news via UK's Channel 4.)

A documentary titled "A Thousand Cuts" about a courageous civil rights lawyer in the Philippines described ruling party political manipulation through Facebook, with the Philippines being one of the largest per capita users of Facebook in the world.

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