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leftstreet

(39,532 posts)
1. NO ONE in the US is holding Trump accountable
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:19 AM
Feb 2

If Putin thought he could "control" Trump through blackmail, he wasted his money and intel services

I just don't see it. I think Putin considers Trump a joke

gab13by13

(31,644 posts)
3. Putin gave him the name Krasnov for a reason.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:26 AM
Feb 2

Putin has been grooming Krasnov for decades and look at the results he got, the United States is becoming a shit hole country.

What Krasnov is doing is no joke.

How many rich bastards raped little girls and are getting away with it?

leftstreet

(39,532 posts)
5. Bush and Clinton probably have names too
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 12:04 PM
Feb 2

Cheney, Kissinger, et al

Why would Russian intel services start "grooming" a failed casino owner, reality tv star, bankrupt man-baby who sells steak sauce, on the brilliant calculation this moron would one day, decades later, be POTUS??

I don't see it

AZJonnie

(3,239 posts)
6. Didn't Trump throw his name in the ring for POTUS in 1980 or so?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:11 PM
Feb 2

Have this hazy recollection thereof

Anyways, I feel like without knowing more about the total population of people Russia was grooming to do their bidding, it's hard to know whether it makes sense for him to have been a part of said population. Not sure we could presume they'd only try to corrupt people they think have a shot at POTUS itself. I have read at least one fairly convincing article over the years laying out the case that Russia's been grooming Trump a long time, but forget where I saw it so can't link to it.

Bev54

(13,334 posts)
7. I don't think they expected back then of him becoming president but he was a useful idiot
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:00 PM
Feb 2

to get kompromat on so he would launder money through his businesses and I think we can all agree at this time, that is what happened. Putin lucked out that Americans were so fucking stupid that they elected a moron, who he owned, to be their president. There are a lot of rich and powerful men he has kompromat on and therefore has control over, such as Musk who not only now controls the media narrative on X and is close to the US aerospace secrets. These powerful rich people have close ties to power and as has been illuminated over the past years how they can control US policy. With Trump in power, Putin has moved many of the powerful into government positions, "Nutlick" and Tulsi Gabbard being another example, I am sure we can name many. Your government is being run by Putin, that is something that it is difficult to get one's head around but it is the truth.

PatSeg

(52,592 posts)
8. Russian intel services
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:02 PM
Feb 2

groomed a lot of people over the years, but not all of them got used. I think Trump was the perfect asset for Putin's purposes. He played on all Trump's vulnerabilities especially his constant need for cash.

kentuck

(115,280 posts)
11. They are in the process of sharing all the spoils...
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:11 PM
Feb 2

America was once a rich country. It won't be for long if something is not done quickly. And by quickly, I do not mean 3 years until the election.

Swede

(38,779 posts)
9. From some of Epsteins post from the Files, it sounded like Epstein thought Putin was working for him.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:04 PM
Feb 2

Part of the reason he wound up dead, I'm thinking.

Mosby

(19,340 posts)
10. Do you have any evidence he was working for Israel?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:07 PM
Feb 2

Maybe he was working for MBS, I hear he likes young girls and boys, and even has his own pedo island that he and his buds frequent.

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