One is a 2007 letter from Trump to Putin, in which Trump congratulates Putin on being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. In the brief letter, Trump adds, “As you probably have heard, I am a big fan of yours!” with the “big fan” clause underlined in pen. A couple of weeks later, Donald Trump Jr. emailed Agalarov’s son, Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, about the project. Bannon’s wry comment about Donald Trump Jr. and BreitbartStephen K. Bannon has bigger problems right now, having been indicted Thursday. In September 2016, Trump Jr. got a direct message on Twitter from WikiLeaks, which asked him for comment about a new anti-Trump website at putintrump.org.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2020 14:16 UTC