Donald Trump has some Icelandic politicians very, very confused. Despite the fact that it's illegal to accept donations from foreign nationals, Talking Points Memo reports that the Trump campaign has been including members of Icelandic parliament in its email blasts asking for money. The Iceland Monitor reports that "at least three prominent Icelandic politicians" have gotten an email from Trump asking for campaign funding and outlining his fight against "Crooked Hillary and her pathetic cronies, as well as the dishonest liberal media."
"I have no idea why he emailed me the letter," MP Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson of Iceland's Independence Party told Morgublaðið newspaper. The head of the Left Party, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, called "this whole matter very perplexing." "The letter left me speechless," Jakobsdóttir said.
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