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meow2u3

(24,766 posts) Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:47 AM Nov 2017

KGB started watching Trump in 1977 and made first move to recruit him as an asset in 1986: report

President Donald Trump was first approached by Russian operatives in 1987 when the man who would go on to become Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin opened discussions with Trump about a Moscow real estate project.

However, according to a Politico report published Sunday, Trump appeared on Soviet spy agency the KGB’s radar nearly a decade earlier when he married Czech model Ivana Zelnickova.

“During the Cold War, Czech spies were known for their professionalism. Czech and Hungarian officers were typically used in espionage actions abroad, especially in the United States and Latin America. They were less obvious than Soviet operatives sent by Moscow,” wrote Luke Harding.

Because of her country of origin, Soviet and U.S. intelligence agencies would be routinely monitoring the woman who became Ivana Trump and her new husband, but the first attempt to activate Trump as a Russian asset came when Natalia Dubinin brought her father Yuri to Trump Tower.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/kgb-started-watching-trump-in-1977-and-made-first-move-to-recruit-him-as-an-asset-in-1986-report/

Yikes! We have a Russian asset installed in the White House just to undermine American democracy!

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KGB started watching Trump in 1977 and made first move to recruit him as an asset in 1986: report (Original Post) meow2u3 Nov 2017 OP

Trump is a Russian agent. His loyalty to Russia is proven. dalton99a Nov 2017 #1

they have been grooming him for a long time bdamomma Nov 2017 #2

This is how the KGB works GusBob Nov 2017 #3

Sarah Kendzior, expert in authoritarian states, reported on this last summer... iluvtennis Nov 2017 #4

Fuck every idiot racist fuckhead who voted for him Orrex Nov 2017 #5

1000 MFM008 Nov 2017 #7

I Guess that Would Make Trump the Siberian Candidate Stallion Nov 2017 #6

I told my spouse long ago..... dawnie51 Nov 2017 #8

Selling out the country bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #9

Cold War 2: Electric Boogaloo Die Harder Initech Nov 2017 #10

Trump is doing it too....... UCmeNdc Nov 2017 #11

And Trump was flattered by the attention -- then, and now RandomAccess Nov 2017 #12

dalton99a

(81,552 posts)

1. Trump is a Russian agent. His loyalty to Russia is proven.

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:49 AM

Nov 2017

bdamomma

(63,913 posts)

2. they have been grooming him for a long time

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Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:50 AM

Nov 2017

we have a treasonous bastard in the WH. Bring a conviction on this woman assault predator.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

3. This is how the KGB works

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 11:32 AM

Nov 2017

They play the long game. Any relationship they can foster they do.

And it's not like they turn you into a spy in a week. They take anything they can get and try and give things to maintain the connection

iluvtennis

(19,864 posts)

4. Sarah Kendzior, expert in authoritarian states, reported on this last summer...

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:16 PM

Nov 2017

Joy Reid had her on her show then (and continues to have her on the show). Kendzior knows her stuff and has some excellent insights into authoritarian regimes.

https://sarahkendzior.com/opinion/

Orrex

(63,219 posts)

5. Fuck every idiot racist fuckhead who voted for him

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Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:28 PM

Nov 2017

Fuck every last Republican who's content to stand by while this semi-humanoid dumpster fire wreaks havoc upon the nation at the bidding of his oligarch owners.

Fuck everyone's uncle who voted for Trump. Fuck everyone's cousin who voted for Trump. My aunt and my sister voted for him, so fuck them, too.

While we're at it, fuck every Green who voted for Stein and every Democrat who didn't vote for Clinton.

Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them.

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

7. 1000

Reply to Orrex (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:44 PM

Nov 2017

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Stallion

(6,476 posts)

6. I Guess that Would Make Trump the Siberian Candidate

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:36 PM

Nov 2017

dawnie51

(959 posts)

8. I told my spouse long ago.....

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:45 PM

Nov 2017

that Melania is Dumps handler, and was told I needed to take break from politics for awhile. I still believe it tho. Dump is dim witted and somewhat dementia addled now, but he knows what's up. He's a straight up traitor.

bucolic_frolic

(43,242 posts)

9. Selling out the country

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Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:58 PM

Nov 2017

lock, stock, and barrel

All those oil and gas deals ... public lands ... national monuments ... deregulation to permit pollution ... Supreme Court seat to back up property rights ... media deregulation to eviscerate opposition

Trump didn't cook this up himself. This has been plotted a long time.

There used to be the theory ... first I heard of it in the early 70's ... the Soviet Union would become more like us, and we would become more like them ... 15 years later was the idea that pollution had been a Soviet problem, now it was to be visited upon us .... so the Oligarchs were circling, planning how to jigger assets, laws, regulatory climate to make it go cha-ching for them.