Americans Worry Trump Too Closely Aligned With Russia

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-13/americans-worry-trump-too-closely-aligned-with-russia-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds

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  3. Just starting to realize that Trump aligns himself with strong-armed mafioso tactics? Half of America seems to be out to lunch.

  4. He’s talking about taking over Canada with Canada feeling a little like Ukraine. Kind of a Russian move.

  5. Krasnov is not aligned with Russia, he’s subservient to it.

  6. If only there was a way this could have been known before the election! /s

  7. He the middle part of a human centipede with Putin at the front and every MAGA voters at his ass.

  9. >By Reuters | March 13, 2025, at 12:43 p.m.

    Huh. I was expecting this to be dated sometime in 2016…

  10. Maybe he is a puppet, is a puppet, Hillary’s not the puppet after all?

    We’ve known he’s a Russian stooge for 10 years now.

  11. You know, there’s pretty much no evidence that Trump has ties to Russia, except for the…

    **PART 1**

    [Flynn Thing](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-flynn-comey-russia-timeline-2017-htmlstory.html)

    [Manafort Thing](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/342509-new-book-devils-bargain-details-trump-lashing-out-at-manafort-days)

    [Tillerson Thing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/07/tillerson-says-trump-pressed-putin-on-russian-hacking-but-the-evidence-suggests-not-so-much/?utm_term=.e0ac214bd9bc)

    [Sessions Thing](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/did-trump-kushner-sessions-have-undisclosed-meeting-russian-n767096)

    [Kushner Thing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/trump-russia-new-meeting-revealed-involving-donald-jr-kushner-and-manafort)

    [Wray Thing](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-wray-russia-20170712-story.html)

    [Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius “Russian Law Firm of the Year” Thing](http://nypost.com/2017/05/12/trump-used-russia-law-firm-of-the-year-to-draft-letter-about-his-finances/)

    [Carter Page Thing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-has-questioned-trump-campaign-adviser-carter-page-at-length-in-russia-probe/2017/06/26/1a271dcc-5aa5-11e7-a9f6-7c3296387341_story.html?utm_term=.24d0b138db83)

    [Roger Stone Thing](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/14/roger-stone-house-testimony-postponed-240568)

    [Felix Sater Thing](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-felix-sater-real-estate-632690)

    [Boris Epshteyn Thing](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-press-officer-boris-epshteyn-investigation-russia/story?id=47731166)

    [Rosneft Thing](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/08/trump-new-fbi-director-chris-wray-russian-ties-rosneft-gazprom-column/102603214/)

    [Gazprom Thing (see above)](http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/30/trumps-energy-adviser-is-personally-invested-in-gazprom/)

    [Sergey Gorkov banker Thing](http://www.newsweek.com/sergey-gorkov-grad-russian-banker-kushner-617422)

    [Azerbaijan Thing](http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senators-ask-for-an-investigation-into-trump-dealings-in-azerbaijan)

    You know, there’s pretty much no evidence that Trump has ties to Russia, except for the…

    **PART 2**

    [“I Love Putin” Thing]( http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/03/politics/trump-putin-russia-timeline/)

    [Lavrov Thing]( https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/27/15875434/sergey-kislyak-trump-russia-return-moscow)

    [Sergey Kislyak Thing]( https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/27/15875434/sergey-kislyak-trump-russia-return-moscow)

    [Oval Office Thing]( https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-oval-office-with-trump-and-the-russians-broad-smiles-and-loose-lips/2017/05/16/2e8b0d14-3a66-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html)

    [Gingrich Kislyak Phone Calls Thing]( http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/newt-gingrich-trump-russia-meetings/3504/)
    [Russian Business Interest Thing]( https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/trump-lawyers-up-conflicts-of-interest/526185/)

    [Emoluments Clause Thing]( https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/dc-and-marylands-lawsuit-trump-flagrantly-violating-emoluments-clause/2017/06/12/8a9806a8-4f9b-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html)

    [Alex Schnaider Thing]( http://theweek.com/speedreads/699538/russian-bank-directly-linked-putin-helped-finance-trump-hotel)

    [Hack of the DNC Thing]( http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/5/dnc-email-server-most-wanted-evidence-for-russia-i/)

    [Guccifer 2.0 Thing]( https://theintercept.com/2017/07/14/just-six-days-after-trump-jr-s-meeting-guccifer-2-0-emailed-me-but-there-was-one-key-difference/)

    [Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” Thing](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/18/mike-pence-insists-he-didnt-know-flynn-under-investigation-turkey-lobbying/101831354/)

    [Russians Mysteriously Dying Thing](http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/03/31/eight-prominent-russians-dead-since-us-elections-labott-dnt-erin.cnn)

    [Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email Thing](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html)

    You know, there’s pretty much no evidence that Trump has ties to Russia, except for the…

    **PART 3**

    [The Trump email server that regularly communicated with a IP address from Russian Alfa Bank thing](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/was-there-a-connection-between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign)

    [Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king Thing](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article135187364.html)

    [Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign Thing](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article137881768.html)

    [Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night Thing](http://www.businessinsider.com/nunes-white-house-grounds-trump-surveillance-2017-3)

    [Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery Thing](http://www.business2community.com/government-politics/devin-nunes-invested-california-wine-company-business-ties-russia-fact-check-01809651#ilwFvHKSgDxcmIOQ.97)

    [The create a joint cyber defense agreement with Russia Thing](https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/16/trump-putin-joint-cybersecurity-group/)

    [Cyprus bank Thing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/23/wilbur-ross-russian-deal-bank-of-cyprus-donald-trump-commerce-secretary)

    [Trump not Releasing his Tax Returns Thing](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/trump-taxes-tax-returns/index.html)

    [The Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing]( http://thehill.com/policy/finance/326220-republicans-vote-to-block-resolutions-on-trumps-tax-returns)

    [Election Hacking Thing]( http://time.com/4828306/russian-hacking-election-widespread-private-data/)

    [GOP platform change to the Ukraine Thing](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/jd-gordon-change-story-gop-platform-ukraine-amendment)

    [Steele Dossier Thing](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/16/donald-trump-jrs-meeting-with-russians-undermines-/)

    [Sally Yates Can’t Testify Thing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-sought-to-block-sally-yates-from-testifying-to-congress-on-russia/2017/03/28/82b73e18-13b4-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html)

    [Intelligence Community’s Investigative Reports Thing](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/read-us-intelligence-report-russian-hacking-2016-campaign/)

    You know, there’s pretty much no evidence that Trump has ties to Russia, except for the…

    **PART 4**

    [Trump reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” Thing](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/11/15953640/donald-trump-twitter-mocked-russia-collusion)

    [Chaffetz not willing to start an Investigation Thing](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/why-is-jason-chaffetz-resigning)

    [Chaffetz suddenly deciding to go back to private life in the middle of an investigation Thing](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/why-is-jason-chaffetz-resigning)

    [Appointment of Pam Bondi who was bribed by Trump in the Trump University scandal appointed to head the investigation Thing](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/report-florida-ethics-panel-clears-pam-bondi-over-trump-contribution/article/2620970)

    [The White House going into cover-up mode, refusing to turn over the documents related to the hiring and firing of Flynn Thing](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/330410-white-house-rejects-oversight-request-for-flynn-documents)

    [Chaffetz and White House blaming the poor vetting of Flynn on Obama Thing](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/trump-flynn/525816/)

    [Poland and British intelligence gave information regarding the hacking back in 2015 to Paul Ryan and he didn’t do anything Thing](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/328718-uk-spies-first-saw-trump-russia-ties-report)

    [Agent M16 following the money thing](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/richard-dearlove-mi6-trump-russia-money-2008-financial-crisis-us-election-a7684341.html)

    [Trump team KNEW about Flynn’s involvement but hired him anyway Thing](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/17/report-trump-team-knew-flynn-being-investigated/101816334/)

    [Let’s Fire Comey Thing](http://www.npr.org/2017/05/10/527744909/suspicious-timing-and-convenient-reasoning-for-trumps-firing-of-comey)

    [Election night Russian trademark gifts Things](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/us/politics/russia-trump-trademarks.html)

    [Russian diplomatic compound electronic equipment destruction Thing](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russians-destroyed-and-removed-material-from-shuttered-compounds-officials-say/)

  12. So they should, the fat orange facist is the Manchurian candidate 😶🤬

  13. The time to worry about that was before votes were cast.

  14. They should have known when Trump denied having any relationship with Russia, a sure giveaway.

  15. Not Republicans. They’re all having tickle fights discussing invading Canada Greenland and the Calan. They’re working hard to rationalize and normalize the idea because they know Trump wants to.

  16. Worry is too small of a word. We know he’s a traitor to America and he’s trying to destroy America. He’s fucking insane.

  18. Democrats (and Bob Mueller) could have done a better job of exposing this years ago.

  19. If only there were people out there who saw the signs of this for almost a decade now and tried to warn Americans.. oh wait

  21. Yes, I would say that seeing Trump’s face all the way up Putin’s asshole is way too close for comfort.

  24. Honestly I think I’m past worried, pretty certain Trump is a puppet now.

  25. We knew this back in 2015. Most Americans didn’t care.

  26. No Americans want a racist fascist enthostate like Putin created

  27. Are we being serious right now? He’s been talking about his buddy for years and only NOW people are worried?! Just how fucking stupid are the cult followers??

    Could Donald seriously be, the first President to be literally, forcibly carried out of office, to protect the best intentions of the country? A whole political party seems hell bent on letting him simply take a fat, steaming shit all over our country’s reputation and economy. For what? To own the libs? Or to show Joe Biden that his stupid economy wasn’t shit?!

    What the hell is it with conservatives and wrecking the economy? Trump’s doing it now and he did it last term. George W. Did it with his recession. His dad did it. And Reagan did it when he wanted to play trickle -down-economics. Basically, a fancy reason to pay the top a lot more money, because it would just trickle down to the bottom folks. Fuck I’m tired.

  28. I think it’s about ten years too late for the concern

  29. Trump is a Russian asset. It’s that plain and simple.

  30. Trump has done more to hurt the US in 2 months than the Russians could have dreamed of doing in a war and have tried to achieve for decades. Just imagine what is going to be left after four years.

    He’s decimated the economy, destroyed the government, fired thousands of workers who help the government function, cut all ties with allies, destabilized the world order, set back rights of most Americans by decades and I can go on. America is speed running to a fascist state

  31. It’s not just the ‘Russia’ thing.

    It’s how political insiders were able to rape and pillage and steal the assets of the country from it’s citizens.

    When Russia went to a free market economy they didn’t have any safeguards in place. They didn’t have an SEC for instance, and their court system was a joke.

    Political insiders with thugs on call (essentially private armies – mobsters) basically people like Putin, were able to buy the publicly owned assets of the country for kopeks on the ruble. The properties were auctioned off and it was all dominated by insiders. Public officials who objected to these scammers could be seriously injured or even disappeared. The general public which actually owned these assets were cheated and impoverished.

    This kind of situation is a dream come true for someone like Trump. He really admired how the oligarchs did all of that in Russia and got away with it. Trumps wants that for himself. Musk, Bezos, the Mercers, the Uhleins, Thiel, Joseph Coors etc and many foreign wealthy all want a piece of the action. They are salivating at the chance.

    That is what we are watching right now: a dissolution of our nation’ assets and privatization of public programs. Medicare and Social Security will be carved up by private insurance companies and mutual funds. Public lands and National Parks will be taken by the uber-rich. Dams which generate electricity will stop putting the revenues in public coffers and will instead be private companies benefitting the very few wealthy Trump backers. They are going to have a wild time stealing our country.

    You and I are watching them set it up, in the USA we are watching it happen right now and most Americans are so clueless they will not understand it at all until it is long passed too late.

  32. We could have just put him in prison and avoided all of this

  33. The cult doesn’t think for themselves.

    Give it a few minutes and it will be ‘woke’ to not cheer for an invasion of Mexico, Canada, Greenland and Panama.

  35. Too closely aligned meaning Putin’s hand is right up his ass working him like a puppet?

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