The former head of MI6 Richard Dirlam said that the President of the United States Donald trump borrowed money from Russia for his business during the financial crisis of 2008. He told Prospect Magazine, reports TSN.
Dirlam believes that trump used the money to support his real estate Empire, which was hit hard by the financial crisis. To borrow money from Russian organizations is not illegal. In addition, Dirlam not provide any evidence in support of his words in an interview.
However, it is worth noting that a few days before taking office, trump wrote that Russia never had “leverage” over him.
“No deals, no loans, nothing,” he wrote.
It is unknown whether paid trump debt from 2008 to Russian creditors or some part of a large organization trump took credit.
Earlier, Donald trump said that relations between Russia and the United States are now at the lowest level, however, the President of the United States hopes that they will improve.