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04-30-2017, 01:23 PM
Russian flags rained down in a confetti-style protest during Trump's rally
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Trolling is mostly dumb, but sometimes it's an art.*
President Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday and, as he was speaking, someone tossed a bunch of tiny Russian flags, confetti-style, in front of the cameras streaming his speech to news networks.*
SEE ALSO: Russian refugees read powerful testimonials of gay men who escaped Chechnya (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/chechnya-gay-persecution-refugees-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As far as protests go, it certainly earns points for creativity.*
The Trump campaign and administration officials have had a lot of unexplained contact with Russian officials, much of which is currently under investigation. A former campaign manager allegedly laundered money for a Ukrainian political party with ties to the Russian government (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-documents-say-trump-aide-hid-payments-from-pro-moscow-ukraine-party/2017/03/21/92ec85f2-0e11-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.25814db74ec8). The FBI got a surveillance court order in the summer of 2016 to watch a Trump adviser because of an investigation (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html?utm_term=.2eef742cc4f5) into links between the Kremlin and the current president's campaign. And if you're looking for more...oddities...they're **t hard to find (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/exhaustive-history-donald-trump-russia-scandal-timeline). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/29/donald-trump-speech-russia-flags/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Trolling is mostly dumb, but sometimes it's an art.*
President Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday and, as he was speaking, someone tossed a bunch of tiny Russian flags, confetti-style, in front of the cameras streaming his speech to news networks.*
SEE ALSO: Russian refugees read powerful testimonials of gay men who escaped Chechnya (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/chechnya-gay-persecution-refugees-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As far as protests go, it certainly earns points for creativity.*
The Trump campaign and administration officials have had a lot of unexplained contact with Russian officials, much of which is currently under investigation. A former campaign manager allegedly laundered money for a Ukrainian political party with ties to the Russian government (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-documents-say-trump-aide-hid-payments-from-pro-moscow-ukraine-party/2017/03/21/92ec85f2-0e11-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.25814db74ec8). The FBI got a surveillance court order in the summer of 2016 to watch a Trump adviser because of an investigation (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html?utm_term=.2eef742cc4f5) into links between the Kremlin and the current president's campaign. And if you're looking for more...oddities...they're **t hard to find (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/exhaustive-history-donald-trump-russia-scandal-timeline). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/29/donald-trump-speech-russia-flags/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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