Letters April 6

A connection

I believe most Americans would agree with the opinion Mr. Mark Bordsen expressed (March 23) in a letter to the Whitman County Gazette, regarding Russian Federation President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. He is a bad guy. A very bad guy. But then Mr. Bordsen attempted to establish a connection between Putin and President Trump.

However, all of the news stories I have read that “speculate” on some such connection say somewhere deep within the story that there is no evidence yet.

Hmmm.

However, I do recall that Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 for a Moscow speech and a question and answer session from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin (nice work if you can get it).

The Russian bank in question, Renaissance Capital, was promoting Uranium One stock.

They were so pleased with Bill Clinton’s performance for that half a million dollar speech, that Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, personally called Mr. Clinton to thank him.

That same Russian investment bank donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation.

At about the same time, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed off on an agreement that gave the Russians control of one fifth of the United States uranium production.

Yes, the uranium used in nukes.

To top it off, John Podesta, who was the chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, received a ton of money as a lobbyist on behalf of the Russians. These are reported facts not speculations.

The election was over six months ago. But since that time there has been a whole flock of Chicken Littles whining and opining about the new President. Take a breath. Exhale. The sky is still firmly rooted in place.

Travis Brock,

Colfax