Trump always saw the campaign as a money making project
by digby
“It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it." Donald Trump, 2000
Since we now know that Trump was doing a big deal in Moscow, potentially worth more than any deal he's ever done, (reportedly in the hundreds of millions), while he was campaigning as Vladimir Putin's best buddy, that comment has a little more salience doesn't it?
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