This book claims, like all intelligence agencies do, the Russians pegged Trump as a asset many (40) years ago. His first wife was probably an "agent" of some sort (I use that term loosely).
I wouldn't doubt that Melania was reporting back something to someone, either.
[The book's author states that Trump first became a target for the Russians in 1977 when he married his first wife, the Czech model Ivana Zelnickova.
"He was an asset. It was not this grand, ingenious plan that we're going to develop this guy and 40 years later he'll be president," Unger told the Guardian.
"Trump was the perfect target in a lot of ways: his vanity, narcissism made him a natural target to recruit. He was cultivated over a 40-year period, right up through his election."]
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-cultivating-trump-asset-40-years-...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R StoneSculptor
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 08:42 am
more details
more details
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claim...
Then, in 1987, Trump and Ivana visited Moscow and St Petersburg for the first time. Shvets said he was fed by KGB talking points and flattered by KGB operatives who floated the idea that he should go into the politics.
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The ex-major recalled: “For the KGB, it was a charm offensive. They had collected a lot of information on his personality so they knew who he was personally. The feeling was that he was extremely vulnerable intellectually, and psychologically, and he was prone to flattery.
“This is what they exploited. They played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality and believed this is the guy who should be the president of the United States one day: it is people like him who could change the world. They fed him these so-called active measures soundbites and it happened. So it was a big achievement for the KGB active measures at the time.”
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley 73guy
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 10:46 am
Soooo no "Russian Hoax"!?!?
Soooo no "Russian Hoax"!?!?
Shocking.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank Briank
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:03 am
I don't know, this whole
I don't know, this whole thing seems as silly as the Swalwell thing. I'm sure that people of power and wealth get approached by foreign agents all the time. It doesn't always mean that they are compromised, or have become assets.
Personally, I don't think that Trump was ever "compromised" by the Soviets or the Russians. He's just a whore who will sell out to whoever he feels will offer him the most benefit. In doing so he compromises himself and does stupid shit. In short, Trump wasn't compromised by Putin, he compromised himself for personal gain. He was a big, surprise birthday present in the lap of the Kremlin. Who else has he compromised himself to?
- The Democratic Party (in the past)
- White Nationalists
- The Evangelical Right
- Any foreign government that he felt would offer him a favorable environment
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune Turtle
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:04 am
russians defintitely down
russians defintitely down with the long troll...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face Nancyinthesky
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:14 am
- Any foreign government that
- Any foreign government that he felt would offer him a favorable environment
Um, North Korea?!
The Narcissist can be easily played. And would sell out his own country to the higgest bidder and biggest ass kisser.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: I rang a silent bell China-Rider
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:26 am
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish Jazfish
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:31 am
Perhaps he was not
Perhaps he was not compromised but he was played.
Edit, I missed your post, Nanc.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sans Souci Philo
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 11:40 am
Trump being a Russian asset
Trump being a Russian asset is the only logical explanation for the last 5 years. Why would the President cut off funding to public pandemic research and prevention and then shutter the office that handles such emergencies?
We know Putin offered a bounty on our troops, who's to say the same offer wasn't extended for the deaths of American citizens. We are now over 400,00 lives lost. It doesn't make sense to me why Trump just let us die like that, unless he really is a Russian asset.
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on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 12:18 pm
>>Why would the President cut
>>Why would the President cut off funding to public pandemic research and prevention and then shutter the office that handles such emergencies?
My answer is that he's a piece of shit asshole, and worst President in history, all on his own.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees FaceOnMars
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 12:26 pm
Trump being a Russian asset
Trump being a Russian asset is the only logical explanation for the last 5 years<<
Agreed. It's the most cohesive lens by which explains the majority of his actions.
Having said that, I don't know the extent or particulars, but can only imagine that once some kompromat is leveraged, it just piles up over time from there. I wouldn't be surprised if he received instructions from Putin in private meetings or if he had a secure Sat phone or some other way to maintain more constant contact. By the same token, it could've also been more of a wink and nod "I'll keep scratching your back if you lay off of mine" sort of thing. Or anywhere in between.
Helsinki was the first major red flag.
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on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 01:02 pm
It is my unproven opinion
It is my unproven opinion that most "spy" agencies maintain folders on many.
J. Edgar Hoover?
Fearless Leader was all up in moose and squirrel. Jaz police are going through my folders.
There is enough hideous garbage right out in the open.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R StoneSculptor
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 01:06 pm
Ivana was from Communist
Ivana was from Communist Czechoslovakia. Supposedly, she was a good skier.
"Accounts differ as to Trump's history of skiing competitively.[9] It was reported that she was selected as an alternate on the Czechoslovak ski team during the 1972 Winter Olympics, specializing in downhill and slalom.[10][6] However, in 1989, Petr Pomezný, Secretary General of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee, refuted the claim and stated that despite searching extensively, no record could be found of her involvement."
In 1971 she married an Austrian ski instructor to be able to travel. She divorced him shortly after and moved to Canada in 73 to live with a Soviet defector. She is fluent in German, French, Czech, and Russian.
Met Trump in 76 when she was a model, married him in 77. Became US citizen in 88. Divorced in 90.
According to The Guardian, her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's Státní bezpečnost (StB) intelligence service who relayed information from his daughter, including a prediction that George H. W. Bush would win the 1988 presidential election.[29] Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Ivana stood side by side with Donald Trump at her father's funeral in Zlín[30] held in November 1990.[29] The service was also attended by Jaroslav Jansa, secret collaborator to the StB
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Sounds like Donald doesn't mind immigrants with green cards living in the USA if they will marry him. Many of us can remember that before the Berlin Wall was breached, Eastern Europe was an extension of the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia was nothing like it is today. Marrying a Communist workingclass model during the Cold War was unusual.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic (Bluestnote)
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 02:29 pm
Nancy Reagan looks dead.
Check the contrast between Don's fake suit shoulders and his little Chucky hands.
And Nancy Reagan looks dead.
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on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 02:38 pm
Nancy Reagan looks like David
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish Jazfish
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 02:54 pm
Jaz police are going through
Jaz police are going through my folders.<<<<
Hey now, leave me out of this.
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on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 03:16 pm
He has definitely made moves
He has definitely made moves that Russia would approve
do you forget the quid pro quo with Ukraine, and Ukraine is fighting who?
pulling out of Afghanistan so Russia could run wild in Syria
not having anyone in the room with him in the White House with the Russians
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on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 05:03 pm
Typing error. of it is the
Typing error, of course it is the Jazz Po Po who are going through my folders.
Jazzers drop your axe, it's jazz police!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic (Bluestnote)
on Friday, January 29, 2021 – 05:09 pm
Hey, Boots! Jazz is back!
Hey, Boots! Jazz is back!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High Surfdead
on Saturday, January 30, 2021 – 08:31 am
Trump Russian Asset for 40
Trump Russian Ass
etfor 40 YearsFixed.