Posted on 07/28/2015 12:10:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump is running for president. Many believed or hoped that the Donald’s latest foray into national politics was nothing more than a public-relations move, not a serious attempt to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
But now that Trump holds the lead in national polls, as well as polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, it’s time to take his campaign seriously. Media outlets like Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal, which are covering Trump’s run as an entertainment story, not a news story, are making a mistake. If Trump wants to be a serious candidate for president, and has the numbers to back it up, he must be vetted like a serious candidate for president. A good place to start is to take a hard look at Trump’s ties to Philadelphia and New York organized-crime families.
Donald Trump’s Connections to Organized Crime
Trump was building his eponymous empire of hotels, casinos, and high rises in the early 1980s in New York City and Atlantic City. In both places, the construction industry was firmly under the thumb of the mafia. And in both places there are literally concrete connections between La Cosa Nostra and Trump’s lavish projects. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for decades, has written a very useful list of questions for Trump. Many focus on his ties to the mob. In addition in his 1992 book, “Trump, The Deals and the Downfall,” author Wayne Barrett lays out a slew of suspicious dealings and associations.
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Darn...I don’t care who you are...that’s FUNNY
As a businessman, Trump's not going to assume a legal liability of hiring illegals and risk tarnishing his name.
That mention of hiring illegals in that article was a fabrication.
WHAT “proven” conservatives? Jeff Sessions isn’t running!
What the hell is this, Harry Reid IS the Mob!
“Can somebody say ‘Amen’?”
As some in our church’s “Amen Corner” say here in Tennessee, “Boy, howdy!”
LOL.
How close was kennedy to the mob?
You haven't joined the United Freepers Union. We send our monthly dues to Jim.
There, fixed it.
Oh I know. I’m from NY originally. I grew up under Mario.
Reminds me of a woman I know who got a job with an architecture/design firm that did a lot of work in San Francisco. I asked if she had seen any mob problems there.
She did not know of SF mob problems, but one of the firm’s partners would drive hundreds of miles (instead of flying) into NYC and Boston because he carried mob payoff cash for legitimate projects there.
Why did you think his ‘brother’ (ahem) beat him up so bad?????
LOL.....Love it.
LOL.....Love it.
OMG, the Koch brothers are union thugs too!
I'm ready! I've got an oak handle 4 tine, a classy walnut handle 3 tine and my newest acquisition which is a sawed-off handle 2 tine model for inside work!!!
Let the games begin..........to the mattresses!!!
Well, you're half right.
I am an idiot. Just not very useful.
Or so my ex-wife tells me.
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