Active Measures: How Russia Molded a Presidency

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At this point, now that he is in office, And we've seen who he's put into positions of power There can be no question that this is an administration that is bought and paid for By the kremlin and ultimately what you're looking at here Is behavior that is completely subservient to Vladimir Putin and Russia.

But let's wind this back and take a look at how long this has been a work in progress. Now when you look at the Trump history, and you look at his rise in New York circles, this was somebody that was on the verge of being a complete non entity, until the Russians actually saved him. Through their financing capabilities.

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That lifeline set the stage for a series of complex financial and money laundering operations that were funneled through Trump properties all around the world. One of the interesting things to observe about Trump's financial ties, and this is why he's been so hesitant in disclosing any of his financial arrangements is because it's layered with multiple levels of. Financial fraud that's buried under dubious transactions.

In fact, Buzzfeed actually did an investigation where they found that Trump made millions and even billions selling condos in cash deals to unknown buyers.

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That accounts for 1300 Trump condos in the U S that were bought by shell companies. And those purchases were made without a mortgage, and avoided inquiries from lenders.

And. Those two characteristics alerted the treasury department and the treasury department had flagged those as particularly shady dealings.

And that's just what was visible in us dealings. Keep in mind, Trump has properties all around the globe, which would be subject to similar transactions and even less oversight. All of those condo deals are from the eighties, nineties and early two thousands. And they represent just a small piece of the criminal enterprise and the Russian influence that is baked into everything Trump has been involved with.

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One of the interesting things to dig into even further has to do with with Trump's deep ties and longstanding ties with the Kremlin. In fact, this is well documented in the book Compromat, and one of the interesting things that the author of the book notes is That Trump and Russia's relationship has been operating more or less in plain sight for decades.

In fact, as Trump was coming up as a real estate developer, it wasn't uncommon for him to be associating with various figures that were connected to Russian intelligence. In fact, because of his high profile real estate dealings.

One former Russian KGB spy, [: 00:04:00

And one of the things that he mentioned, it was that Trump would have made a, an attractive Russian asset because of his visibility.

And because of his financial dealings and financial instability.

In fact, Schvartz actually noted that it was easy to discuss any matters or it would have been easy for anyone to discuss any matters with Trump. Because of his public profile, and it wouldn't attract attention because of that public profile, there would be no reason to suspect that occasional meetings with Russian diplomats, the KGB and Trump would be anything out of the ordinary because of that profile.

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It was well known that Trump was easy to manipulate, was prone to flattery and wasn't exceedingly bright. So he would be a perfect stooge to deploy in whatever way that the KGB and Russian intelligence saw fit. Now that's all ancient history.

What are we seeing today? We already know about all of the assets that were in and around trump's orbit during his first term You saw manafort who was convicted as an asset You saw michael Flynn who was convicted and found guilty and you had numerous other Entanglements that tied back to the Russian underworld and the Kremlin during his first term

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Here's just a short list of things that Trump has put into place in the first three weeks that play right into Russia's advantage.

So far, Trump and his team has gutted USAID, which plays right into the hands of Putin. Trump and his team have This banded the FBI's foreign influence task force, which actually puts massive exposure into America's safety and on a number of different fronts. It actually makes it more difficult for.

The FBI to actually identify and prosecute foreign agents. And it actually makes it easier for foreign agents to operate openly on U. S. soil.

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Trump regularly vouches for Putin and calls for peace in the region to the detriment of Ukraine. So Trump is acting as a vessel for Putin while. Cutting the knees off of anything that involves Ukraine, having their interests heard. When we're talking about Ukraine, Trump has advocated that Ukraine Seed some of the territory or give up some of the territory that they've gained back in all the years of fighting. Trump doesn't consider Ukraine an equal member of the negotiating process in whatever peace deal he is seeking in that conflict. Trump has openly mocked Ukrainian President Zelensky. And has openly mocked the amount of support that Zelensky has amongst the Ukrainian people. Trump is Trump and DEI hire Pete [00:08:00] Hegseth has already taken off the table, the potential for Ukraine to become a NATO member and Trump continues to suggest that Ukraine needs to give up natural resources to the U S in order for the U S to. Honor its security arrangements. Just these few things point to how wholly owned and compromised Trump and this administration is to foreign influence.

And that's just when you talk about the Russian ownership of Trump. When you think about India, China, and various other. Middle Eastern countries who have assets that are planted in the Trump administration. There is no telling how much foreign influence is working behind the scenes to the detriment of the American citizen in this current Trump administration.

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And that all of this clearly benefits foreign adversaries versus the US and yet you have Republicans and Trump supporters refusing to say anything of the sort out loud indicates how compromised the Republican party is from a foreign asset perspective. The Republican Party at this point is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kremlin and Trump supporters by and large.

Our Russian assets as well. They're the useful idiots that are walking around today, cheering for their leader, who is selling out everything and everyone that isn't nailed down to foreign adversaries. That is the state of this administration. Congratulations, Republicans and MAGA.

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