UnderstatedCornHole said:
Soundwave said:
Follow the money.
Russia has massive oil interests that were crippled by sanctions from the US in response to the Crimea situation in Ukraine.
Exxon Mobil in particular had been hard hit as they had business contracts with the Russian government. The sanctions cost them $1 billion at least.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/02/27/heres-what-exxons-lost-from-russia-sanctions/#1d7214a856b3
They also have other significant interests in the Russian oil business. In fact I believe Exxon Mobil has technology, without this tech Russia can't actively drill oil properly in certain regions.
So, guess who Trump's pick for Secretary of State is? The president of Exxon Mobile (lol) who was given a "friendship" award by Putin.
It's fairly obvious and even transparent what happened here. And really it was a great investment on the Russian's part, those sanctions on Russia which could were crippling their economy are as good as gone now. Even if they paid a few hundred million or channelled the money into some of Trump's Russian business assets (which would be hard/impossible to trace), it's a slam dunk investment, because the return is far greater.
You can blame Clinton as much as you want for donor money, but enough with the "holier than thou" bullshit that Trump wasn't bought either. He was, just from different sources, and many of the same ones on top of that (don't tell me all those Goldman Sachs people just coincidentally got high level positions in Trump's cabinet).
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You've quoted a source and then modified the language to fit your point of view.
They said...
Exxon said its “maximum exposure” to loss from these joint ventures was $1 billion. A spokesman from the company said that the figure represented “potential and not actual” losses.
You said they said
Exxon Mobil in particular had been hard hit as they had business contracts with the Russian government. The sanctions cost them $1 billion at least.
Trump would be pointing at you right now, so dishonest.
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There is more to business than just existing deals, Exxon also was being held back from pursuing future deals in Russia due to sanctions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/world/europe/rex-tillersons-company-exxon-has-billions-at-stake-over-russia-sanctions.html?_r=0
"Exxon Mobil has various projects afoot in Russia that are allowed under American sanctions. But others have been ground to a halt by the sanctions, including a deal with the Russian state oil company to explore and pump in Siberia that could be worth tens of billions of dollars.
Russian officials have optimistically called the agreement a $500 billion deal."
So please tell me that the Exxon Mobile CEO being named to Secretary of State, who has in the past lobbied for dropping sanctions against Russia, is all just a magical coincidence.
