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Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob??? (Original Post) ultralite001 Friday OP
Lock him up. Not in a nice jail. Small dark cell. Bread and water diet. Make him do hard time. Trueblue1968 Friday #1
I'd drink to that... ultralite001 Friday #5
How about a long Island Ice Tea !!!!!!!! Trueblue1968 19 hrs ago #15
I've asked myself the same question canetoad Friday #2
Wayne Barrett had the goods... ultralite001 Friday #6
What was even worse PatSeg Friday #9
With trump canetoad Friday #10
That is true PatSeg Friday #11
He bankrupted his casinos when the feds The Wizard Friday #3
Remember that U.S. Attorney Giuliani aggressively went after the Italian American mafia, tanyev Friday #4
Rudy + the Russians... ultralite001 Friday #7
I Think Roy Cohn Was A Mob Lawyer WiVoter Friday #8
+ so much more... ultralite001 Friday #12
I think he's like Bruno Tatalia, the guy Vito Corleone dismissed as a "pimp" in the Godfather maxrandb Friday #13
It's suspected Trump was an FBI confidential informant Zorro Friday #14

canetoad

(20,650 posts)
2. I've asked myself the same question
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:43 PM
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I've watched Fear City - New York vs the Mafia - trump is mentioned over the concrete/mafia connections but Giulliani is the star of the show. Bookmarked your post to start digging through it later on. Thanks.

ultralite001

(2,494 posts)
6. Wayne Barrett had the goods...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:08 PM
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on Giuliani as well...

Rudy! : an investigative biography of Rudolph Giuliani
by Barrett, Wayne

https://archive.org/details/rudy00wayn

Grand illusion : the untold story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11
https://archive.org/details/grandillusionunt00wayn

PatSeg

(53,123 posts)
9. What was even worse
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:09 PM
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were his many connections to the Russian mafia. It went on for many years. Among other things they used his properties to launder money and "loaned" him money when U.S. banks no longer would.

The Russian mafia almost makes the Italian mafia look like Boy Scouts.

PatSeg

(53,123 posts)
11. That is true
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:35 PM
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And I think he liked all the risk and drama of dealing with gangster types.

We keep finding out more and more about him and I wonder what else there is to discover.

tanyev

(49,102 posts)
4. Remember that U.S. Attorney Giuliani aggressively went after the Italian American mafia,
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:10 PM
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creating a vacuum quickly occupied by the Russian mob. I'm not aware of any similar efforts by Giuliani to do anything about them.

ultralite001

(2,494 posts)
7. Rudy + the Russians...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:46 PM
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Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s Mysterious Ties to Russia and Former Soviet Union Go Back Decades, Experts Argue
ttps://www.newsweek.com/giuliani-mysterious-ties-russia-former-soviet-union-decades-1215349

ultralite001

(2,494 posts)
12. + so much more...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:21 PM
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60 Minutes w/ Morley Safer from 1979...



Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn may be available through your library or Kanopy...
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/bully-coward-victim-story-roy-cohn?vp=pace

Additional reading:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/roy-cohn

maxrandb

(17,383 posts)
13. I think he's like Bruno Tatalia, the guy Vito Corleone dismissed as a "pimp" in the Godfather
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:05 PM
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America is now what that movie would have been if a bunch of ignorant dipshits gave Tatalia the keys to the most lethal military ever created.

Just like the serious people in NYC real estate and finance, he was NEVER invited to the parties. If he had ties to the mob, he was their erand boy. They all knew he was a complete moron.

The world is held hostage by a toddler.
The mob never respected him.
Serious business people never respected him.
The only time his genitals were touched by a human being, there was money, or force required.
His own father and mother never loved him.

He's a parasite with power. He sucks the life and soul out of everyone he touches.

If you look closely at the people who voted for him, they have lifeless eyes. They may pretend to have happiness and joy in their lives, but the truth is, they are the most miserable beings on the planet.

Zorro

(18,575 posts)
14. It's suspected Trump was an FBI confidential informant
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:11 PM
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That's why the government never went after him in the 80s/90s. He was ratting on the criminals he was working with.

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