"George Parker, one of history's most audacious swindlers, infamously "sold" the Brooklyn Bridge several times to hapless investors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When his buyers attempted to erect toll gates on the bridge, authorities refused because they lacked legal title. Parker died in prison, but fraudsters prosper because there's "a sucker born every minute.""
"The Kremlin is a criminal organization that not only steals from its people but has skinned alive generations of foreign investors. Putin's team offers "opportunities" to buy oil fields, pipelines, mines, or other assets, but in a mafia state like Russia, deals are not worth the paper they're written on. There is no rule of law across its 11 time zones; judges and police are for sale."
"Trump's negotiators are businessmen, not military strategists, and have not imposed sanctions or military pressure on Russia. They think they're the smartest guys in the room, but to Russians, they're no different than the saps who thought they bought the Brooklyn Bridge."
George Parker's famous Brooklyn Bridge scams demonstrate how con artists exploit human greed and gullibility. Putin employs similar tactics, dangling massive business opportunities to distract American negotiators from Ukraine's conflict. Trump's business-focused negotiators lack military strategy expertise and have avoided imposing sanctions or military pressure on Russia. The Kremlin operates as a criminal organization with no rule of law, where judges, police, and regulators are corrupt. Russia's history shows numerous foreign investors losing fortunes in deals that lack legal protection. Despite this documented pattern, the US encouraged American businesses to negotiate deals with Moscow as supposed peace incentives, repeating the mistakes of previous investors who believed they were making legitimate transactions.
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