Zeeshan Aleem · Friday, February 17, 2017, 9:22 am
Trump doesn’t own real estate in Russia, but he’s done plenty of business with Russians.
At a raucous press conference on Thursday, President Trump faced a volley of questions about his and his inner circle’s ties to Russia. At one point, he declared: “I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't have any deals in Russia.”
And he’s right. Trump has a long history of trying to do business in Russia, but despite many efforts and plenty of boasting and angling, he hasn’t managed to land a single major real estate deal there.
Trump has tried really hard to do business in Russia — and failed most of the time
Trump’s most substantial ties to Russia are through Russian investors
A number of Trump’s advisers have had financial links to Russia as well
Trump likes Russia, and he wants it to like him back
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http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/17/14622504/trump-russia-business-ties-fact-check
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