Benedict Donald: Ex-KGB Officer Says Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987

Mod: If you have a son or daughter in the military, and you're not concerned about the military secrets Trump stole? Then you're a pretty pathetic parent.

Ex-KGB Officer Says Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987 (Political Flarelink): We need to get to the bottom of this, and many of us believe that we’re not even close. Three things must be done to have confidence in any finality with respect to Russia’s relationship with Trump. First, Robert Mueller was not allowed to investigate Trump’s financial past; someone must. 

Two, we need to know about Deutsche Bank and why Trump was treated like God when no other bank on earth would touch Trump. Last, we need to know what our own intelligence agencies know. Admittedly, the last one is harder, what with sources and methods and all. All of this should be part of the FBI’s counter-intelligence investigation of the Mar-a-Lago files and spread from there. 

We also need to listen to witnesses coming out of Russia, though we must also acknowledge that Putin only benefits by causing more suspicion and division within our country. Even if Trump admitted to being a Russian asset, 25% of the country would just say it was all part of a bigger and better plan. Ten percent of the country would love him more. Russia is white.

Regardless, Jonathan Chait from the Intelligencer released a column last year in which he states that, in his opinion, it is more likely than not that Trump was and is a Russian asset. He quotes Craig Unger’s findings in his book to back it up:

A second reason is that reporter Craig Unger got a former KGB spy to confirm on the record that Russian intelligence had been working Trump for decades. In his new book, “American Kompromat,” Unger interviewed Yuri Shvets, who told him that the KGB manipulated Trump with simple flattery. “In terms of his personality, the guy is not a complicated cookie,” he said. “His most important characteristics being low intellect coupled with hyperinflated vanity. This makes him a dream for an experienced recruiter.”

Sounds like our boy. It is so easy to hear Trump bragging about it. “The Russians loved me so much they gave me some things to do to help both countries. Plus, I’m building the world’s biggest tower in Moscow, it’s gonna be great.  It’s all good, crazy.” Does that sound implausible? Remember, we’re talking about a guy whose teenage daughter sat in Putin’s chair; we assume that Putin was not also sitting in it at the time. 

Mod: More at the link. There is also this: 

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