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> I wonder if Trump is a KGB asset. It's easy to read into his parroting of putin's talking points as deliberate, but I think it might just be "wannabe mobster
by jcgrillo 2y ago
> I wonder if Trump is a KGB asset.
It's easy to read into his parroting of putin's talking points as deliberate, but I think it might just be "wannabe mobster" talk. If anything it's probably a little more nuanced than uncle vlad pulling the puppet strings, but they sure do seem awful friendly..
I think it's risky to ascribe any real agency or planning to trump. He's a very simple creature, and he wears his cravings and impulses on his sleeve. I'm much more worried about the thinking people operating in his chaotic wake.
- gigatexal 2y agoThere’s more and more speculation among the political punditry that Trump and company might be seeing Vlad as an ally to counter China at the expense of Europe. But given what little we know about Putin and his cunning as an ex KGB officer and likely one of the richest men on the planet — I’m Willing to go into conspiracy land and speculate that he has the ability to puppet master folks and I wouldn’t be surprised that he got his hooks into Trump.
- retzkek 2y agoThere are many conspiracy theories related to his trip to Moscow in 1987, which I don’t ascribe much to, but the connections are there, if only for some “assistance” to be rendered quid pro quo. I’m a firm believer in Hanlon’s Razor, and like you ascribe most of his and his followers’ actions to stupidity, but there’s clearly also some maliciousness.