With Donald Trump today publicly asking Russia to hack and conduct espionage on one of his political opponents — and suggesting that Russia would be rewarded “mightily” for the effort — American Bridge thought it was timely to add a “Trump’s Russia” exhibit to our Trump Museum, which is currently set up in Philadelphia for the DNCC. (RSVP and get more information here.)
Trump’s gone on the record to heap praise on Vladimir Putin and called for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO, which would be a big win for Russian influence around the world. Plus, Trump has ties to the Russian mob, and his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has worked for a Ukrainian “ally of Vladimir Putin” and may have had a hand in making this year’s Republican Party platform more pro-Russia.
On Tuesday night, Trump tweeted that he has “ZERO investments in Russia,” but Trump’s definitely tried to do a lot of business there — and his son said in 2008 that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”
Here are the highlights of our new exhibit:
- A video mashup of Trump praising Vladimir Putin
- Headlines highlighting Trump’s ties to Russia
- Washington Post: Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and his unusual flattery of Vladimir Putin
- USA Today: Trump attributes Russia knowledge to hosting Miss Universe pageant there
- Bloomberg: Trump’s NATO Skepticism Raises Alarm for Allies Near Russia
- The Atlantic: It’s Official: Hillary Clinton Is Running Against Vladimir Putin
- Photos of Trump and Manafort’s associates with sketchy Russian ties
- And a quote wall highlighting Trump and Putin’s admiration
- Trump is “an outstanding and talented personality” —Vladimir Putin
- “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” —Donald Trump
- “I like him because he called me a genius.” —Donald Trump on Vladimir Putin
And here’s a look at our the Trump Museum’s new “Trump’s Russia” exhibit:
Published: Jul 27, 2016