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Russia doesn't have Trump over a barrel -- or if it does, it doesn't matter.
The reality is worse than that: Trump betrays America to do Putin's bidding willingly because he's a fanboi simping for him.
Remember when Don invited Russians to the oval office to share intelligence with them, and no US journalists were invited to cover it, only Russia?
Then, very mysteriously US spies started getting killed. Unrelated I’m sure…
In case anybody doubt of this coincidence, here a bunch of mainstream sources:
• Trump and Putin have had 16 or more private conversations. Here's what we know, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/04/trump-has-spoken-privately-with-putin-least-times-heres-what-we-know-about-conversations/ • White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup, https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-asks-for-list-of-top-intel-officials-amid-intelligence-shakeup • Trump's White House issues an ominous request for a list of top U.S. spies, https://www.salon.com/2019/08/03/trumps-white-house-issues-an-ominous-request-for-a-list-of-top-u-s-spies_partner/ • C.I.A. Admits to Losing Informants, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/politics/cia-informants-killed-captured.html • CIA admits to losing dozens of informants around the world, https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/ • US Extracted Spy From Russia After Trump Shared Secrets in Oval Office, https://www.businessinsider.com/us-extracted-russia-spy-trump-classified-info-oval-office-2019-9 • Intelligence agencies fear that Trump has been leaking information on U.S. spies overseas, https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/27/2119157/-Intelligence-agencies-concerned-that-Trump-has-been-leaking-information-on-U-S-spies-overseas • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/us/politics/trump-affidavit-intelligence-spies.html • https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-concealed-details-of-his-face-to-face-encounters-with-putin-from-senior-officials-in-administration/2019/01/12/65f6686c-1434-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html • https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/trump-putin-meetings.html
*credit to u/VisiteProlongee on Reddit
Eh, little of column A, little of column B.
I'm just saying that claiming Trump is compromised gives him credit he doesn't deserve. Insisting on absolving him of some of the blame like that is almost tantamount to a pro-Trump position.
I’m not absolving him of anything, but I definitely think he is compromised. It wouldn’t have been that hard for the Russians to get something on him. I also don’t think he gives a hoot, because he wants Putin to like him, so he’ll do anything to please him. Its almost like he’s got a crush on Putin.
"Useful idiot" - Putin