Mr. Trump’s latest comments came after he said that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had discussed the issue during their summit on Friday in Alaska.
Edit: Changed link from live-blog of it to main article.
Mr. Trump’s latest comments came after he said that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had discussed the issue during their summit on Friday in Alaska.
Edit: Changed link from live-blog of it to main article.
Why pay when you can blackmail? It’s probably a bit of both, but given trump’s known proclivities and the fact Putin was a KGB agent before he took power, I’d be shocked if he doesn’t have even more dirt on trump than the US does.
Money can be outbid, but blackmail is forever.
e: and no, we’ll likely never see it. Kompromat loses its value once it’s published.