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You’re naive if you think the only reason Trump dances to Putin’s flute is “kompromat”. Trump has been trying to partner with Putin since at least his tenure as Prime Minister. A 2010 example — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/trump-fbi-hotel-latvia-investigation-russia-links
Still trying to partner with him, Putin sent Trump a “gift” in the form of a personal letter in a black box at the end of 2013. At the same time, anti-Putin demonstrations started in Ukraine. By March, 2014 U.S. sanctions on Russia ruined Trump’s deal. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-2013-letter-from-putin-2018-3
Mid-1980’s the KGB was massaging the willing Trump ego to mold him into a Russian asset they referred to as a “conspiratorial collaboration” or zagovorŝičeskoe sotrudničestvo in Russian.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842
KGB “assessment of personality” Asset Recruiting Form is spot on for Trump. It asks:
— “Are pride, arrogance, egoism, ambition or vanity among subject’s natural characteristics?”
— “Is he in the habit of having affairs with women on the side?” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842
— “Are pride, arrogance, egoism, ambition or vanity among subject’s natural characteristics?”
— “Is he in the habit of having affairs with women on the side?” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842
October 17, 2015 — “Putin Loves Donald Trump” 2 weeks before he signed a letter of intent to build “Trump World Tower Moscow”
An example of “No collusion” ꟷ˃ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/putin-loves-donald-trump
Trump’s Russian website still open ꟷ˃ http://www.trump2016.ru/
An example of “No collusion” ꟷ˃ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/putin-loves-donald-trump
Trump’s Russian website still open ꟷ˃ http://www.trump2016.ru/
What Trump wants for America ꟷ The Russian model of dog-eat-dog billionaires. In Putin’s latest purge, some of them are likely to bite Trump. In the last few weeks, Mueller has been getting a lot of intel from Russians close to the Kremlin: Sources. https://www.ft.com/content/24b0c55a-35c3-11e8-8b98-2f31af407cc8
What is a “Kleptocracy”?
Here's a Primer on how Putin’s government model of dog-eat-dog billionaires works. By survivor (for now) Bill Browder: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/
Here's a Primer on how Putin’s government model of dog-eat-dog billionaires works. By survivor (for now) Bill Browder: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/
What role does the “Attorney General” (Russia’s “Prosecutor General”) play in a Kleptocracy?? Meet Yuri Chaika ꟷ (Chaika is the word for “Seagull” in Russian).
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/
Speaking of Putin’s Prosecutor General Chaika, Why did Pussy Riot go to prison? For protesting the players in Russia’s Kleptocracy, like Yuri “the Seagull” Chaika (Chaika is the word for “seagull” in Russian). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-pussy-riots-disturbing-protest-video-chaika-20160203
ꟷ Konstantin Kilimnik “our guy from the GRU”- Wash DC based International Republican Institute’s Phil Griffin, 2006.
GRU ꟷ Russian Military Intelligence. “It’s a permanent affiliation. There’s no such thing as a former GRU officer”- Browder
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/paul-manafort-ukraine-kiev-russia-konstantin-kilimnik-227181
GRU ꟷ Russian Military Intelligence. “It’s a permanent affiliation. There’s no such thing as a former GRU officer”- Browder
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/paul-manafort-ukraine-kiev-russia-konstantin-kilimnik-227181
Konstantin Kilimnik’s GRU - Russian Military Intelligence. An overview.
“To anybody familiar with Russian intelligence, Kilimnik was very likely Manafort’s spy-handler.”- John Schindler, 4/2/18
http://observer.com/2018/04/russia-gru-agent-in-mueller-probe-is-konstantin-kilimnik/
“To anybody familiar with Russian intelligence, Kilimnik was very likely Manafort’s spy-handler.”- John Schindler, 4/2/18
http://observer.com/2018/04/russia-gru-agent-in-mueller-probe-is-konstantin-kilimnik/
Rick Gates: the Full Monty witness.
Late 2015 ꟷ Manafort visits Russian Military Intelligence Agent Kilimnik
Spring 2016 ꟷ Kilimnik visits Manafort in the U.S.
Late 2016 Early 2017 ꟷ Gates helps in Trump’s transition & inaugural https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/rick-gates-donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia
Late 2015 ꟷ Manafort visits Russian Military Intelligence Agent Kilimnik
Spring 2016 ꟷ Kilimnik visits Manafort in the U.S.
Late 2016 Early 2017 ꟷ Gates helps in Trump’s transition & inaugural https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/rick-gates-donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia
Question for #MAGA evangelical nut jobs:
Why do America’s Christian Taliban evangelicals have an affinity for Russia and its authoritarian model of government?? http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/june/no-evangelizing-outside-of-church-russia-proposes.html
Why do America’s Christian Taliban evangelicals have an affinity for Russia and its authoritarian model of government?? http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/june/no-evangelizing-outside-of-church-russia-proposes.html
Konstantin Kilimnik “our guy from the GRU”- Wash DC based International Republican Institute’s Phil Griffin, 2006.
GRU ꟷ Russian Military Intelligence. “It’s a permanent affiliation. There’s no such thing as a former GRU officer”- Bill Browder
https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-russian-intel-asset-teamed-up-with-gop-operative-3
GRU ꟷ Russian Military Intelligence. “It’s a permanent affiliation. There’s no such thing as a former GRU officer”- Bill Browder
https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-russian-intel-asset-teamed-up-with-gop-operative-3
Trump & his U.S. Oligarchs want a more fascistic style governance in the Putin mold. That’s why the GOP is silent about Trump’s affinity for Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/trump-fascism-madeleine-albright.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/trump-fascism-madeleine-albright.html
“A congenital liar and unethical leader, devoid of human emotion and driven by personal ego.” “Lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty” like a La Cosa Nostra mob boss.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/james-comeys-memoir-trump-fixates-on-proving-lewd-dossier-allegations-false/2018/04/12/64493866-3ce2-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/james-comeys-memoir-trump-fixates-on-proving-lewd-dossier-allegations-false/2018/04/12/64493866-3ce2-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html
RICO — Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
“Trump defendants committed conspiracy through their interaction with Russian agents..with the campaign itself acting as a ‘RACKETEERING ENTERPRISE’ promoting illegal activity.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-files-lawsuit-alleging-russia-the-trump-campaign-and-wikileaks-conspired-to-disrupt-the-2016-campaign/2018/04/20/befe8364-4418-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html
“Trump defendants committed conspiracy through their interaction with Russian agents..with the campaign itself acting as a ‘RACKETEERING ENTERPRISE’ promoting illegal activity.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-files-lawsuit-alleging-russia-the-trump-campaign-and-wikileaks-conspired-to-disrupt-the-2016-campaign/2018/04/20/befe8364-4418-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html
Natalia Veselnitskaya’s boss is Putin's General Prosecutor, Yuri "The Seagull" Chaika. Putin uses Chaika to prosecute (seize) corporations under bogus legal complaints. Chaika is the lifeblood of the Russian Oligarch's Kleptocracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/natalya-veselnitskaya-trump-tower-russian-prosecutor-general.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/natalya-veselnitskaya-trump-tower-russian-prosecutor-general.html
Trump's Achilles Heel―
Poll: 75% of 2016 Trump voters consider Russia an enemy or unfriendly Nation. NOT voters at large, but only among those voting for Trump in 2016. "Every time we shake a tree in Trump's forest, a Russian falls out."― Rep Eric Swalwell
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/kwgrow0dna/econTabReport.pdf
Poll: 75% of 2016 Trump voters consider Russia an enemy or unfriendly Nation. NOT voters at large, but only among those voting for Trump in 2016. "Every time we shake a tree in Trump's forest, a Russian falls out."― Rep Eric Swalwell
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/kwgrow0dna/econTabReport.pdf
Mueller to Manafort: “‘I know everything; you have no choice but cooperation’..a pattern that continues with this filing..material supplied by Manafort’s old alter ego, Rick Gates. There'll be no ellipses in the Manafort trial. Gates can fill all the gaps”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/paul-manafort-loses-his-cool/562034/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/paul-manafort-loses-his-cool/562034/
Guilty Freudian slip —
Aug 10, 2017, in response to NO QUESTIONS related to Manafort’s income or money, Trump says, out of the blue; “He’s like a lot of other people..probably makes consultant fees from all over the place. Who knows? I don’t know.”
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/trump-paul-manafort-russia/index.html
Aug 10, 2017, in response to NO QUESTIONS related to Manafort’s income or money, Trump says, out of the blue; “He’s like a lot of other people..probably makes consultant fees from all over the place. Who knows? I don’t know.”
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/trump-paul-manafort-russia/index.html
STOP with the "Trump is a kompromat victim" garbage!Trump & Putin are now coming out of the closet with their agenda, a necessary phase in merging U.S. oligarchs & Russian oligarchs under the Putin model of fascistic governance.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/08/618207065/trump-wants-russia-back-in-g-7
Here's a 50 minute video disquisition by Aussie ABC TV’s @4Corners which some viewers are saying shows @4Corners has evidence of a Trump /Russia quid-pro-quo: Sanctions relief in exchange for Rosneft Oil stock, which evidence involves Carter Page. http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/trumprussia:-secrets,-spies-and-useful-idiots/9857934
For success, it's essential every authoritarian get the religious zealots on board. And since fundamentalists are authoritarian as well, their flock doesn't mind fascistic governance while they wait on rapture. Ergo, evangelicals affection for Putin. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755
GOP Kickoff #RedWave2018 — 4th of July, 2018, Moscow.
Attendees representing the Republican Party:
• Richard Shelby, AL; • John Kennedy, LA;
• John Hoeven, ND; • Steve Daines, MT
• Special appearance by Vladimir Putin, RU
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201806201065597132-us-senators-russia/
Attendees representing the Republican Party:
• Richard Shelby, AL; • John Kennedy, LA;
• John Hoeven, ND; • Steve Daines, MT
• Special appearance by Vladimir Putin, RU
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201806201065597132-us-senators-russia/
Putin/Trump agenda — The Road to Unfreedom —
“a mass disinformation campaign. A 2.0 update of Sun Tzu’s 'confusion to our enemy' principle, with the aim of dividing & polarizing pluralist democracies – in particular the EU and the US – against themselves.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/15/the-road-to-unfreedom-russia-europe-america-timothy-snyder-review-tim-adams
“a mass disinformation campaign. A 2.0 update of Sun Tzu’s 'confusion to our enemy' principle, with the aim of dividing & polarizing pluralist democracies – in particular the EU and the US – against themselves.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/15/the-road-to-unfreedom-russia-europe-america-timothy-snyder-review-tim-adams
Putin/Trump agenda —
“Putin has willing collaborators & ‘useful idiots’...who think Putin means well or can be won over. Yet the evidence is that Putin is ruthless in his determination to hang on to power & destroy those he perceives as enemies of Russia," https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/books/review/road-to-unfreedom-timothy-snyder.html
“Putin has willing collaborators & ‘useful idiots’...who think Putin means well or can be won over. Yet the evidence is that Putin is ruthless in his determination to hang on to power & destroy those he perceives as enemies of Russia," https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/books/review/road-to-unfreedom-timothy-snyder.html
“How Democracy Became the Enemy” — Trump agenda: The Putin model
Neutralize an independent judiciary
Subjugate much of the media
Demonize migrants
Create loyal new elites through crony capitalism
Energize a national narrative of victimhood https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/orban-hungary-kaczynski-poland.html
Neutralize an independent judiciary Subjugate much of the media Demonize migrants Create loyal new elites through crony capitalism Energize a national narrative of victimhood https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/orban-hungary-kaczynski-poland.html
Finally! MUST READ:
“Suppose we are currently making the same mistake we made at the outset of this [Trump/Russia] drama — suppose the dark crevices of the Russia scandal run not just a little deeper but a lot deeper.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
“Suppose we are currently making the same mistake we made at the outset of this [Trump/Russia] drama — suppose the dark crevices of the Russia scandal run not just a little deeper but a lot deeper.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
“Russian intelligence..exerts different gradations of leverage over different kinds of people & uses a basic tool kit of blackmail that involves the exploitation of greed, stupidity, ego, and sexual appetite. All of which are traits Trump has in abundance.”- @JonathanChait, NYMag
“Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?”
If it's Handler, media trepidation allows it to hide in plain sight. “[M]edia has treated the notion that Russia has personally compromised the president...as something close to a kook theory.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
![“Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?”If it's Handler, media trepidation allows it to hide in plain sight. “[M]edia has treated the notion that Russia has personally compromised the president...as something close to a kook theory.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhrlzMfW4AEj0g1.jpg "“Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?”If it's Handler, media trepidation allows it to hide in plain sight. “[M]edia has treated the notion that Russia has personally compromised the president...as something close to a kook theory.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html")
If it's Handler, media trepidation allows it to hide in plain sight. “[M]edia has treated the notion that Russia has personally compromised the president...as something close to a kook theory.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
“the new Promised Land: Competitive Authoritarianism, a form of European single-party rule that retains a veneer of democracy while skewing the contest sufficiently to ensure it is likely to yield only one result.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/orban-hungary-kaczynski-poland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/orban-hungary-kaczynski-poland.html
Create chaos, then the redeemers.
Putin/Trump World Order— Oligarchies of dog-eat-dog billionaires with a cultlike leader/“redeemer" who sees “institutions & laws as the corrupt barriers between leader & folk that must be circumvented or destroyed” -Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom)
Putin/Trump World Order— Oligarchies of dog-eat-dog billionaires with a cultlike leader/“redeemer" who sees “institutions & laws as the corrupt barriers between leader & folk that must be circumvented or destroyed” -Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom)
“House of Trump: House of Putin” Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia. Why do GOPers support Trump?? They love those rubles from the kleptocracy Putin built. They want to be on the ground floor of building one in America. http://www.nationalmemo.com/house-trump-house-putin-russian-mafia/
Money laundering in plain sight –
For 20 years, Deutsche Bank was just a passthrough for Trump to clean Russian oligarch money. Kleptocracies must launder money to survive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/business/deutsche-bank-donald-trump.html
For 20 years, Deutsche Bank was just a passthrough for Trump to clean Russian oligarch money. Kleptocracies must launder money to survive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/business/deutsche-bank-donald-trump.html
