A senior Conservative MP has said it is time to consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Kremlin asset. Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to Donald Trump’s decision to pause all military aid to Ukraine. The extraordinary move comes as the U...
Doesn't anyone remember the veiled threat Putin publicly gave Trump when he took office again? It was something along the lines of Putin re-emphasizing who was truly in charge... as if he had some kind of blackmail on Trump.
The Steele Dossier said as much and that was what, 5 or 6 years ago?
Trump is well known to have been a Russian asset going as far back as 1987:
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There are a lot of other key things not mentioned anywhere since this story keeps getting buried.
Ivana's father was a known informer for Czech intelligence (see: basically a subsidiary of the KGB).
Even moreso when you look at a brief timeline of events:
• 1977: Trump marries Ivana; KGB file allegedly opened on Trump.
• Autum 1986: Trump meets Yuri Dubinin; referred to KGB state travel agency.
Source: The Art of the Deal
• July 4, 1987: Trump visits Moscow and meets with Soviet leader Gorbachev.
Trip paid for and organized by KGB travel agency. Stays in hotel physically connected to KGB travel agency (i.e., every part of that hotel was likely bugged). Alleged time of recruitment by KGB. Source.
• July 1987: Trump registers as a Republican
• September 1987: Trump's first indication of interest in the Presidency via 3 full-page ads in the NY Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe with language such as "America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves."
• December 1987: Trump and Gorbachev meet at a State Dinner at the White House
• 1988: Gorbachev planned to meet Trump at Trump Tower.
• February 1989: FBI Counterintelligence opens investigation into Trump and Ivana. This goes on for at least 2 years.
Everything above, besides the "allegedly" part, is fact with direct evidence. One final, more conspiracy theory-oriented thing: Ivana died from falling down stairs the day before the Trumps were to give depositions. They said she had "declining health" in the weeks prior, except she had gone out to a restaurant the day prior. The restaurant owner stated she appeared of normal health like anyone else.
There's a ton more stuff I've been putting together, but that's the easy stuff that anyone can verify in 5 minutes or less. It'd be quite nice if there was some actual investigative journalist to put this together rather than just some random guy on Reddit (see: myself).
Edit: Added sources, Gorbachev's 1988 visit to Trump Tower, and Dec. 1987 meeting.
Source was on reddit, by kaptainkeel, he posted references to all the bullet points.
Maybe they should try looking a bit closer to home with that they were rescued from bankruptcy by Russian oligarch donations and one of their favoured sons awarded a position in the House of Lords to the billionaire son of a former KGB director!
Honestly, why does it matter? Why not just focus on his policy and his actions? Trump is a fascist, oppressing liberties, defunding public services, and carrying out immensely harmful policy. Why the need to attribute that to a third country? Trump is only bad if he does these things because he's a Russian asset? If he did this all because of his oligarch friends, and the desire for imperialism in the USA, and the increasingly openly right wing governments in all of the western world, it would still all be wrong.
There's no need to summon le evil people from the east to objectively analyse the evil policy of Trump, and I don't understand why you guys need a racist dogwhistle to do so when he is literally every single day walking alongside someone who did two fascist salutes in the inauguration.
Yeah, when the Krasnov thing first got published, I said something to the effect of, "I would skeptical of explosive, unverified claims like this because they may be disinformation, and either way there's more than enough evidence that Putin has control of Trump." Then someone accused me of being a Russian asset because everyone has brain poisoning now.
Even if there was none of the evidence ("Krasnov" codenames claim, etc) the fact that at every turn he does exactly what Putin and the Russian oligarchs want and is actively harming the US and other western countries means everyone needs to treat him like he's a Russian asset. It almost doesn't even matter if he officially is or not...
Yeah, the Krasnov stuff is somewhat funny in a dark way, but he definitely serves Russian good over US good, whether he’s an official asset or not. If his actions are treasonous, does it matter whether he’s been recruited?
I 100% agree, but what makes me scratch my noggin' is the fact that people in London finance have (jokingly?) nicknamed the City of London as "Londongrad" because there's so much Russian money. Makes it feel like the entire 1% is a Russian asset, which can't be right.
The only question is whether he knows he's a Russian asset. Trump may be working for them without realizing it. All Putin would have to do is convince him he was just giving him advice, one wise ruler to another, because Trump is special and brilliant, and provide a few incentives. Trump would believe that taking the advice was all his own brilliant idea.
This is so stupid. He is an asset, whether intentionally or not. Russian media is having a heyday with him. Whether he is an "agent" or not remains ambiguous, but he is absolutely an "asset" to them.
Assets don't have to have be in on it intentionally. A tank is an asset. A forest at the border can be an asset. But to be an agent takes volition and consensual involvement.