#1187 Taking the long view on Trump and Russia
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 1 June 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 6/1/2018
Today we take a rare sojourn into the world of Trump's seemingly endless corruption in business and life with a focus on his long history with Russia.
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SHOW NOTES
1:03 Ch. 1: Trump and Russia from 30,000 feet - Who. What. Why. - Air Date 12-15-17
11:00 Ch. 2: Sarah Kendzior on the Oligarch Envy Haunting President Trump - The Breach - Air Date 11-28-17
20:10 Ch. 3: Trump, Russia and 'Alternative Financing' - Trump Inc. - Air Date 2-21-18
33:45 Ch. 4: Taking a charitable and uncharitable look at Trump and Russia - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 1-8-18
47:26 Ch. 5: Rating the Trump-Russia angles - Trumpcast - Air Date 3-16-18
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1:02:08 Ch. 6: We never broke the spell of white supremacy the way Germany did - Bill from St. Petersburg, FL
1:03:46 Ch. 7: The Democrats need a multi-decade strategy - V from Central New York
1:08:57 Ch. 8: Final comments on the through-line from Trump’s corrupt history to his latest corruption news
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| 0:20.8 | Now welcome to this episode of the award-winning best of left podcast in which we shall take |
| 0:25.1 | our patented style of looking at major stories with a focus on history and context and apply |
| 0:31.1 | it to the corruption of Donald Trump. |
| 0:33.2 | You know it's often said that following Trump corruption news is like drinking from a |
| 0:36.7 | fire hose. |
| 0:37.8 | Well, if trying to follow the day to day of Trump's corruption is like a fire hose, then today's |
| 0:43.0 | episode is like looking at the reservoir of corruption that metaphor hose is tapping |
| 0:48.5 | into. |
| 0:49.5 | And today come from Who What Why, The Breach, Trump Inc., The Ezra Client Show, and The |
| 0:55.5 | Trump Cast. |
| 1:03.4 | When one looks at the totality of this story, going back at the very least to 1987, there's |
| 1:09.8 | a kind of manchurian candidate feel about it all, the degree to which the Russians have |
| 1:16.1 | had their eye on Trump for so long. |
| 1:18.7 | Talk about that first. |
| 1:19.7 | Well, I think that's right. |
| 1:22.6 | I mean, this hasn't been continuous. |
| 1:25.2 | I think it's been in phases. |
| 1:27.3 | But what we can say is that Moscow has been interested in Trump for at least 30 years |
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