# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

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**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070 "2016-12-07T00:25:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1862 "2017-03-05T23:33:00Z")

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The steel being imported for the Keystone XL pipeline comes from the Canadian subsidiary of a Russia company partly owned by a Russian billionaire who is a Putin crony.

> **[Steel Made by Russian Company Tied to Putin Used in Keystone XL and Dakota...](https://www.ecowatch.com/steel-russia-dakota-access-pipeline-2273940971.html)**
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> Evraz is owned in part by Roman Abramovich, a Russian multi-billionaire credited for bringing Russian President Putin into office in the late 1990s. Trump

> **[Trump Reverses Pledge To Mandate U.S. Steel For Keystone Pipeline. A Direct...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reverses-pledge-to-mandate-us-steel-for-keystone_b_58bbae99e4b0fa65b844b451)**
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> Trump Reverses Pledge To Mandate U.S. Steel For Keystone Pipeline. A Direct Beneficiary Is A Russian Oligarch With Close Ties To Vladimir Putin

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