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geopolitics (jē″ō-pŏl′ĭ-tĭks) noun

The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation.

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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief (bylinetimes.com)

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A former senior Soviet KGB spy chief has claimed that Donald Trump was recruited as a spy by Russian intelligence as early as 38 years ago by his department, and given the codename ‘Krasnov’.

In an extraordinary post on Facebook on 20 February, Alnur Mussayev – who used to run the successor to the Soviet-era KGB in Kazakhstan – claimed that he was personally aware of Trump’s recruitment by the agency in 1987.

The recruitment, he said, was undertaken by his own KGB department. One of the key roles of that department was to acquire intelligence through business leaders in Western countries.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As someone who despises Trump with a passion I'm gonna need to see more sources/evidence to outright believe this.

There's no doubt that he took money from Putin as bribes but Trump being a KGB insider? I'm a bit skeptical about this.

Again Trump sucks major balls because of the nonsense bullshit he's pulling on Americans but let's stay out of conspiracies. Playing the same conspiracy game doesn't help anyone.

Edit:
If someone asked me if Trump's a KGB insider I'd probably say 50/50 just because I don't have that much information atm to make an informed guess.