Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-intelligence-officer-alnur-mussayev-claims-kgb-recruited-donald-trump-under-codename-krasnov/

49 comments

  1. You mean, “King Donald”.

    Everyone has been suggesting it for almost a decade now.

  5. Not the first one either:

    >[Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, [Republican-led] Senate says](https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-elections-politics-campaigns-5e833a62e9492f6a66624b7920cc846a)

    >[Ex-CIA Director: Vladimir Putin Cultivated Donald Trump as ‘Source’ ](https://www.newsweek.com/putin-trump-source-cia-director-1967549)

    >[‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book)

  7. That’s a little late. How much more damage will they allow him to do? It’s insane that nobody actually gets off their ass and *acts*, it should be patently clear by now that this guy and his cronies have nothing good in mind for the United States.

  8. Yep. Trump is and was always going to be Putin’s little puppet.

    As if Trump’s latest anti-democratic actions and pro-Russian groveling and submission to his puppet master Vladimir Putin aren’t evidence enough, it’s important to once again recognize how Hillary Clinton pointed this shit out in 2016.

    Hillary Clinton in 2016 presidential debate: “Well, that’s because Putin rather have a puppet as President of the United States.”

    Remember the Mueller Report also concluded Russia actively and extensively interfered in 2016 election by hacking the DNC and releasing stolen emails; conducted extensive social media campaigns to brainwash and spread disinformation to polarize the electorate and undermine electoral process; and that Russia’s intent was to ultimately benefit Donald Trump and harm Clinton. CIA, FBI, and NSA all agreed on this assessment.

    Hmm, I wonder why Trump just yesterday dismantled efforts on fighting foreign influence on US elections? See, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/trump-foreign-influence-election-interference.html

    Russia aimed to install a puppet and they did so successfully. Of all their strategies, I think it’s the social media manipulation to warp the opinion of the American public that was the most damaging and effective. We are living in some seriously unprecedented times where half the American population is seemingly brainwashed.

  9. No American President has kowtowed to Russia like Trump has. Why do you think that is? Ronald Reagan would be spinning in his grave.

    Edit: Spelling

  11. Russian money has propped up his failing real estate business since the mid-‘90s, using Deutsche Bank as an intermediary.

    The man’s actions in office, both now and in his first stint, have mostly benefited Putin, whenever he could.

  12. Same officer was on record loooong before the election. This has been known for quite some time. Americans just don’t give a shit.

  13. You better have any proof backed up on a thumb drive cause they are deleting DEI stuff to cover up the real crimes.

  14. He’s not acting in a way that would refute this.

  15. The Onion: we can’t publish this. It isn’t a parody.

  17. Non-paywalled version: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-intelligence-officer-claims-kgb-150001979.html

    This has been alleged many times, and I’m inclined to believe it. I think it’s most likely that Trump is an asset who doesn’t know he’s an asset. I doubt that he has some quid-pro-quo with Putin or that Putin has kompromat on him. I think Trump is just an arrogant dunderhead whom Russia has manipulated. Why pay for your chaos agent when you can get the results for free by just telling him how smart and strong he is?

  18. I mean no shit, my question is what were all of our national defense organizations doing allowing him anywhere near politics, then refusing to arrest him?

  19. Donald Trump is a Russian asset.

    MAGA elected a Manchurian candidate because 19 trans athletes defeated their daughter in high school sports.

    Who knew America was such easy prey.

  20. People who still deny he is a Russian asset are brainwashed. It’s clear as day. This is what the American people wanted tho.

  21. I mean, his tweet the other day calling Zelenskyy a dictator and Ukraine the aggressor seems like it could’ve been written by someone else and sent to him to post. Every mention of himself was “TRUMP” in literal quotes. Kinda like a template form and he was supposed to change all of the “TRUMP” spots to “I” and “my administration” but he didn’t do that and posted as is.

  22. Yeah duh.

    His actions have been:

    – publicly saying our intelligence sources were incorrect and Putins were correct.

    -planting Russian stooges into the DNI role and head of FBI

    -dismantled DOJ units responsible for Russian oligarchs and foreign election interference.

    -sabotaged our relationship with EU and Canada (he made CANADA hate us)

    -gave Ukraine to Putin (which will be a kind of schadenfreude when we don’t get the minerals anyway)

    -has just said that he and Putin decided to give up nukes and thinks thats a good idea

    -has an Eastern European hooker wife that was purchased by or from Epstein

    -his party has spent July 4th in Moscow to “discuss election interference”

    -keeping and possibly selling national nuclear secrets from his FL bathroom. 

    And people will probably list more that I didnt have off the top of my head.

  23. I mean, literally all his actions indicate this. Many believe Putin is the richest person in the world, he probably bribed Trump to be his pawn.

  24. I bet he was the KGBs easiest mark ever. Can you imagine how easy he would be to turn? His narcissistic personality? Lack of intelligence? Pedophile/rapist tendencies? Greed and corruption his entire life? I bet it took less than 24 hours to flip him.

  25. I’m actually pretty convinced Putin has something that is so damaging for Trump that is why he is so compliant. Maybe the alleged video from a Jeffrey Epstein party or something like that.

  26. “Recruited,” maybe, but trump signed up for all the money and power the alignment would give him is more accurate.

    Without Russian money and Russia influence getting him massive loans with preferential terms, trump would have blown through his $400 million dollar inheritance by the early 1990s.

    Don’t think of trump as a Russian stooge. Think of him as a massive amoral piece of shit who will do anything for power, including working with the KGB and then the putin regime

    https://www.propublica.org/series/trump-inc

  27. His father-in-law was in the KGB. His campaign was planned at the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013 with Aras Agalarov, president of Crocus Group.

  29. Every republican is a traitor to this country. You voted for fascism, the polar opposite of what America stands for. Fuck you.

  31. Republicans you live long enough to see yourselves become the Russians.

  32. How did ever let this get this far? This has been essentially an open secret for decades. What gives?

  34. We know! Anyone who’s denying it is part of the cult.

  35. I could have told you that and I went to Art college.

  36. Russian asset and conservative media repeating Russian propaganda

  38. I mean… clearly, obviously… anyone who didn’t recognize this years ago is a moron

  39. The question is not whether he is working for Russia.

    The question is only whether is he is doing it intentionally (he’s compromised, and is a willing agent) or whether he’s doing it unintentionally (he’s an idiot, and has fallen for Russian disinformation.)

    And I think there’s only a handful of people that know the answer….and honestly, at this point, it really doesn’t matter.

  42. There is no difference between what Trump is doing now and what a Manchurian candidate KGB asset would be doing.

  44. It’s OBVIOUS that a Russian (asset) has Trump’s ear.

    – A (More) Conservative

  46. Well,. America, time to sack up and arrest the traitor in your midst, “all enemies foreign and domestic”, I believe is the term.

  48. Here’s the thing. When someone makes a claim like this, it could easily be made up, or it could be true. We can’t really say for sure. But when you look at Trump’s behavior as a whole it certainly doesn’t *exclude* this from being true. There’s nothing you can point to and say “well that doesn’t make sense because he’s done XYZ that Russia would hate him for”. And that alone should be enough for everyone to want him to be as far from power as possible, but this is a crazy fucking world.

  49. No shit.

    I could’ve told you that 10 years ago. People forget that Putin’s girlfriend at the time introduced Trump and Melania. Even before that, he kept his real estate business from tanking with Russian money.

    The Russians have been working on Trump for the last 20 years. And now it’s paying off big time.

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