Craig Unger talks about It. (Reply #5)

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Fri Jan 29, 2021, 10:45 AM

5. Craig Unger talks about It.

Haven’t listened to the whole thing, but, wow.

Unger is a veteran journalist and author of six books, including the New York Times bestsellers House of Bush, House of Saud, and House of Trump, House of Putin.

Unger writes that Trump was rescued multiple bankruptcies by millions in Russian cash laundered through his real estate in the 80s and 90s.

The grooming included an invitation to Russia by a high-level KGB official in 1987 under the guise of a preliminary scouting trip to build a Trump hotel in Moscow. Unger says the trip, was in fact ‘deep development’ by KGB handlers that furthered creating secret back channels and allowed the Russians to influence and damage American democracy, the author claims.

Source: https://www.wmnf.org/radioactivity-thursday-veteran-journalist-craig-unger-on-his-latest-book-american-kompromat/

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
'The perfect target': Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years - ex-KGB spy [View all]	DonViejo	Jan 29	OP
It's unlikely Trump was the only one	dlk	Jan 29	#1
+100000	Pachamama	Jan 29	#3
+++ agree. nt	iluvtennis	Jan 29	#25
My family has discussed this for years.	southerncrone	Jan 30	#43
They cast very wide nets	Rural_Progressive	Jan 29	#24
Do you remember during Obama's term suddenly the GOP was very pro-Russia	apnu	Feb 1	#48
Flattery will get you everywhere, Vladimir.	Kid Berwyn	Jan 29	#2
Trump must have been so easy	PatSeg	Jan 29	#4
Craig Unger talks about It.	Kid Berwyn	Jan 29	#5
The Russians certainly know how to play the long game	PatSeg	Jan 29	#7
McTurtle?	Layzeebeaver	Jan 29	#6
From what we've witnessed the past four years	PatSeg	Jan 29	#8
I'd add Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, and Josh Howley to that list.	Initech	Jan 29	#20
Remember former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher	PatSeg	Jan 29	#23
I live really close to his district.	Initech	Jan 29	#26
And yet he served 30 years in congress	PatSeg	Jan 29	#30
Oh he has to be on their payroll no question.	Initech	Jan 29	#31
Oh yes, its like a Tom Clancy thriller	PatSeg	Jan 29	#32
I'd say it's equal parts Tom Clancy and Wes Craven.	Initech	Jan 29	#34
Oh yes	PatSeg	Jan 29	#36
Chair of the House Intelligece Committee - nice catbird seat if he was	BComplex	Jan 29	#37
Oh, how convenient	PatSeg	Jan 29	#38
The other very effective side of this gambit is the American unwillingness to believe it.	byronius	Jan 29	#9
+1	pandr32	Jan 29	#17
Act on what we (royal) know? Our legal system is set up to play the waiting game	Backseat Driver	Jan 29	#29
My opinion is this is some dude just trying to make some money off of Trump haters.	Calista241	Jan 29	#10
Spot on. Shvets and Unger is again stretching reality to fit the best selling lists...	TomVilmer	Jan 29	#18
"the Russian Federation, under Yeltsin, was flat broke"	PSPS	Jan 29	#22
but between then and now...	Layzeebeaver	Jan 29	#33
You miss a couple of points...	regnaD kciN	Jan 29	#40
Well, maybe	Calista241	Jan 29	#42
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!	Ford_Prefect	Jan 29	#11
You know about that lavish palace on the Black Sea? I bet it's the trump family new dacha.	erronis	Jan 29	#12
If so, it will only be so temporarily...	regnaD kciN	Jan 29	#41
Now, if this can only be proven:	Oldem	Jan 29	#13
trump was Putin's puppet for four years	Gothmog	Jan 29	#14
This is why it should be a stipulation that before a candidate can be nominated they must be fully	onetexan	Jan 29	#15
Oh, C'mon!!	AZ8theist	Jan 29	#16
It simply isn't rational how Trump defended Russia/Putin at every turn.	world wide wally	Jan 29	#19
I'm skeptical of most conspiracy theories, but I totally believe this one.	Nitram	Jan 29	#21
Good grief, Charlie Brown!	Backseat Driver	Jan 29	#27
Of course	Bigredhunk	Jan 29	#28
I think Malcolm Nance	bagimin	Jan 29	#35
K&R	uppityperson	Jan 29	#39
What the Soviets and Russians needed most out of Trump is money laundering services	jmowreader	Jan 30	#44
This message was self-deleted by its author	Freelancer	Jan 30	#45
This is a great article	nam78_two	Jan 31	#46
K&R	ck4829	Feb 1	#47

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