tower deal, we see this kind of alignment between trump s financial interests. he wants his big building in moscow with his name on it and collusion because the questions were motive and method. so the motive would be now the russians have dirt on him because they know he s lying about his dealings. the method would be they are reaching out to him. they are trying to set up meetings with vladimir putin. so all these connections between trump world and moscow, even before the campaign gets going. a couple points. first, let s acknowledge that rudy giuliani has become a remarkably bad attorney. and then even worse spokesperson. he was too busy in bahrain last week. he couldn t catch up on his notes. this is why donald trump is flailing. he has this long career of having to navigate civil legal matters. where you pay people off. you pay settlements. you reach private agreements, but it s always monetary. the reason he s flailing is no amount of money can turn off the sdny case. no a