His recent complaints about how the rules are “rigged”, and incurring a loss due to not recognizing those rules and planning accordingly, seems incompatible with the above assertion he made.

Just piling on, since there are so many implications from / inherent in Trump’s complaints, that they are really what “losers” would do (as Trump would undoubtedly call them, if the shoe was on the other foot).

Here are some links and quotes about the money Trump raised for the veterans, and where it is now—

This:

A veterans advocacy group [22Kill] that received $200,000 from presidential candidate Donald Trump’s January fundraiser said the move was a huge boost for their organization, even if the money brought with it a rash of confusion and criticism….

Trump’s campaign still has not fully accounted for the $6 million officials claim was raised at the Iowa event, organized as a protest to Fox News’ choice of moderators for a debate scheduled the same evening.

Only a few of the 22 organizations originally listed as beneficiaries of the event have publicly reported receiving donations, and several others have expressed concerns that money being offered has been tied to campaign appearances and events.

Trump campaign officials have offered no response to repeated inquiries by Military Times about future distribution of the money.

This:

More than two months after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a fundraiser for veterans, the beneficiaries of the funds have only been given “a fraction of the promised money,” according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal.

Trump skipped a Republican debate on Fox News prior to the Iowa caucus after claiming moderator Megyn Kelly was “biased” against him. Trump opted to hold the fundraiser instead, and claimed to have raised $6 million for veterans’ charities.

The Wall Street Journal surveyed the 22 veterans’ groups originally listed by the Trump campaign as beneficiaries. According to the publication’s calculations, 19 of the groups have received only $2.4 million of the reported $6 million raised — less than half of the funds from what the campaign called a “special event.”

I’ve heard that claim before and believe it is probably true but I haven’t fond a link to a reliable source on the issue.

But that’s how Active Measures ALWAYS worked.

The KGB // nee SVR look for nihilist surfers and amplify their waves.

Active Measures has always been about signal amplification in the body politic.

Its primary themes at all times:

Paranoia — domestically
Nihilism — domestically
Exposing corruption of orthodox politicians
Critical theory — attacking orthodoxy at a primal level
Anti-paranoia WRT Russia
Anti-nihilism WRT Russia
Racial division — domestically
Slavic virtues — WRT Russia — as in White Russians

When you see this agtiprop set trumpeted from any propaganda monastery — figure it to be riven with Russian Active Measures media troopers of the First Directorate.

They are cynics. I’ve said it a dozen times.
They often are sneering atheists, and are aggressive with their disdain. They think everyone in politics is corrupt. They don’t talk about building anything because they have no hope. They only talk about destroying and punishing their enemies. They are prone to paranoia and conspiracy theories when simpler explanations would suffice. They often use this paranoia to justify their actions, which are as amoral and degenerate as those of the progressive left.

I would guess they have very little reason to live, and no cause they would die for.

parker,

You should ask Ymarsakar, who has answered that question in comments here.

What catches my attention about the alt-Right is their consistency with Russian propaganda about the American role in the world.

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I sense the SVR — and Active Measures — no doubt.

BTW, the very term “cuckservatives” refers to the stated opinion that ‘National Review Republicans’ et. al. are not ‘race realists’ and that they are selling the White race’s birthright down the toilet.

You might note that that theme is congruent with Putin’s personal ‘race realist’ point of view.

So both Heartiste and Putin want Whites to stop destroying Paternal Society — and denigrate homosexuals — and fat ugly, unwomanly sluts.

Like Alex Jones and Zero Hedge, these give off every appearance of being SVR ( nee KGB ) Active Measures web fronts.

One might note that Alex Jones espouses paranoia.

Zero Hedge espouses nihilism in the financial markets — and in societal themes, more generally.

Not one of these sites permits// advocates an anti-Putin stance.

Zero Hedge never critiques the economies or grand politics of Iran, Russia or Red China.

Thank you for your confirmation. Nice quarter moon in a clear sky over flyover country.

You should ask Ymarsakar, who has answered that question in comments here.

What catches my attention about the alt-Right is their consistency with Russian propaganda about the American role in the world.