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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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