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Russia Experts Worry Onetime KGB Agent, Now Murderous Dictator Putin Will Play Trump
(www.huffpost.com)
...will play?
Hasn't he already?
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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Russia has been playing Trump since the 1980s. Through the collapse of the USSR and the chaos of the the 1990s to decades of dictatorship under Putin, the usefulness of agent Krasnov has endured.
I wonder how many CIA agents names Trump will give him this time.
Simply having him as a guest on American soil has us already played for fools. He has an ICJ arrest warrant issued against him. That warrant/court appears to have less authority by the day unfortunately, but it would be like inviting the taliban to Camp David. So tired.
America never respected the ICJ.
Their official stance is that any politician being held accountable is an act of war.
Absolutely true, although this is still a pretty big slap in the face of it.
A moderately crafty squirrel could play Trump, of course Putin will.
Like a fiddle.
Even educated fleas do it.
I think the word you're looking for is has
But more on the nose - This sentiment implies that T. is a useful idiot for Putin. Whereas I think the reality is it's more like he's a co conspirator working to undermine Putin's greatest enemy from within.
Krasnov. It's not a "play".
He will play trump like a balalaika.
Golden Moscow showers?
Rumor has it Trump is into golden showers and there is a tape out there of him getting peed on by Russian women. People think it is used as a manipulative for Trump by Russia.
I think that’s the reference.
That’s exactly what I wanted to know, thanks!
...again
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