President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son’s recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he’d been told the money would be paid back.

“It’s totally allowed. And a lot of people have parties and all,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, before adding, “But, as I understand it, he paid them back.” He also said, “I hear he paid them back” without elaborating.

ProPublica first reported this week that Umar Kremlev, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, helped pay to rent a private island and for a fireworks show when Donald Trump Jr. and socialite Bettina Anderson were married in the Bahamas in May.

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    Americans are getting what they deserve at this point. Long ago really. But this?

    Apologies to any Americans that run into resistance when you come for Canada.

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      I didn’t vote for any of this shit and so I reject the idea that I or anyone else that didn’t vote for donnie “deserve” any of what low-t is doing to this country.

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        If you voted, that’s great. Anyone who didn’t vote effectively voted for demented Don. Don’t vote and you have just voted for the winner like it or not.

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          Oh, believe me, I realize.

          We have lots of people in this country that still seem to think the time to send some kind of “message” to Democrats is after the primaries and the way to do it is by furiously crossing their arms, stamping their feet, and sitting out (or voting third party, lol) after Democrats don’t pass some litmus test.