Is America's President A Russian Asset?

[UCmeNdc]

Until now, the notion of an American president controlled by a foreign adversary was confined to fiction.

In thrillers, no plot is too paranoid or absurd. Imagine this one: A hostile power ― for verisimilitude, Russia works best ― installs a compliant U.S. president by tampering with our election. When our traitorous leader begins menacing officials who suspect his perfidy, the Russians unleash a torrent of propaganda to support him, using front people to conceal their role. Soon, they have divided America into warring camps, buying their puppet time to cover up his actions while they continue to pull his strings. Desperate, a former director of national intelligence warns that Russia’s despotic leader ― a murderous former KGB agent ― is handling our president like a Russian “asset.”

America has stepped through the looking glass. The intelligence director is James Clapper. The Russian spymaster is Vladimir Putin. The American president is Donald Trump.

What underlies Trump’s hysteria about the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller? One inescapable possibility is that he compromised America’s interests in exchange for Putin’s help in 2016.

This much we know: Russia hacked damaging emails from the Clinton campaign, which WikiLeaks released at critical moments. Concurrently, Russian bots and operatives within the U.S. targeted key states with fake news and political activities calculated to help Trump ― a massive assault for which Mueller has now indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-patterson-trump-russia_us_5a98709ae4b0a0ba4ad179b2


I think the answer to the question, Is Donald Trump a Russian Intelligence asset? is yes. Yes he is.

[Zoonart]

1. Biden called it treason.

That's good enough for me.

[duforsure]

2. He's a career corrupt criminal ,

And Putin has it over his head he'll expose him . That's why trump's weak on putin and russia, he's compromised. He is guilty of treason , and conspiracy with putin, which may make trump a terrorist also with putin. Different laws apply for terrorists.

[JI7]

3. Puppet or Stooge is a more accurate Term

but no question trump is a traitor

[Meowmee]

4. Yes

No doubt in my mind.

[elehhhhna]

30. Depreciating asset

Lol

[Meowmee]

33. Yep

We’ll see in time I guess. I believe they have tons of dirt on him as well obviously. Yet we still can’t get rid of this monster and his band of traitors.

[gordianot]

5. Yes he is a traitor, as assets go so is anyone who supports Trump.

Ignorance is no excuse.

[Dale Neiburg]

6. In the long run, likely a liability.

But he definitely belongs to Putin, at least until he's no longer useful.

In that connection, one of the objectives of the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his adult daughter may have been to keep Trump in line (note DJT's apparently obsessive fear of being poisoned -- he probably knows what his playmates are capable of).

[Hortensis]

7. Four-star general Barry McCaffrey basically just said he is.

Link to tweet

[dubyadiprecession]

8. All signs point to "yes".

[Vinca]

9. Curious the first half of McCabe's career involved investigating the Russian mob in New York City.

[Docreed2003]

11. Wow...had not heard that. Very curious indeed

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. Yes.

[Docreed2003]

12. ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. The Manchurian Candidate was fiction. The Kremlin Candidate is fact. . . . nt

[Locrian]

14. compromised

blackmailed, etc = yes

[gibraltar72]

15. I love it when people answer their own question.

[Jim__]

16. Yes, the president is a Russian asset.

The really pathetic thing is that we've all known it for over a year and yet we can't get him out of office.

[Shoonra]

17. This is not the important question!

More important than whether Trump has been a Russian asset ....

Has Trump been an asset to America?

I bet you can guess my answer to this question.

[jrthin]

18. YES. nt

[keithbvadu2]

19. Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made.

[debsy]

20. I disagree with the "until now..." part

I think it was evident before the election but, rather than following the leads, media decided to show us empty podiums waiting for dumpster to appear... Had they put forth a bit of effort PRIOR to the election, we may not be where we are at this moment in time. I know - woulda, coulda, shoulda but it needs to be pointed out so they don't make the same mistake ever again.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Well, he's definitely NOT an American asset...

and if you apply typical conserva/repub logic to that you get to the old "if he ain't with us he's against us" level.

Right?

[Botany]

22. Yes

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou


Trump just fired Tillerson for his support of the UK and its actions against Russia.

[Sunsky]

23. Yes.

[tetedur]

24. He said it himself whether or not he knew what he was saying.

“If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that's called an asset, not a liability,” the president-elect told reporters on Wednesday morning.

Putin probably told him "You can be my asset." In his befuddled brain he thought that it meant the connotation was good so he used it in his own sentence and tacked on the liability verbiage.




http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-asset-press-conference-live-news-russia-hacking-dossier-a7522146.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. Of course treasonous TrumPutin is a Russian asset

TrumPutin has not been tried and convicted of treason, but he has committed treason as defined in the Constitution. He has adhered to the enemies of the United States and given them aid and comfort. Failure to execute the law, overwhelmingly passed by Congress, sanctioning Russia for meddling in our election is sufficient by itself to satisfy the definition.

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii

[Siwsan]

26. I have absolutely no doubt he is kowtowing to Russia

Don't know if it's because he was promised something, or (more likely) they have something on him.

[dchill]

27. It's been obvious for over a year. Russian asset...

and agent. He hasn't hidden it well at all.

[roamer65]

28. Yes. Has been for years.

[RKP5637]

29. Trump, is a criminal and a traitor! n/t

[Gothmog]

31. Is water wet?

[John1956PA]

32. "Is Trump a Russian Agent? A Legal Analysis" 2016 article

From https://lawfareblog.com/trump-russian-agent-legal-analysis :

Is Trump a Russian Agent? A Legal Analysis
Lawfare website
By Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 1:46 PM

. . .

Even if there were no covert actions, the overt ones alone are pretty telling. Putin and others in the Russian leadership have repeatedly praised Trump. They are not playing their cards close to their vests about liking him and disliking his opponent. In U.S. presidential elections, the distinction between working on behalf of one candidate versus against the other is largely semantic. Harm done to one of the candidates in a two-party system necessarily benefits the other. So it is difficult to understand how much Russia is motivated by liking Trump and how much it is motivated by hating Clinton. Probably a bit of a both.

. . .

The phrase “useful idiots” (полезные дураки, in Russian) is often attributed to Lenin—though probably not accurately—and refers to people in the West who can be counted upon by virtue of naivete or stupidity to act on Russia’s behalf while not being active agents. This is probably the best way to understand the relationship between Trump and Putin. The evidence of a bromance between them is uncontestable. The evidence of an affinity in personality and strongman nastiness is as well.

Moreover, the evidence is neither contested or contestable that Trump has taken public positions exceedingly favorable to Russia and far outside of the American mainstream. As Foer points out at great length in his excellent piece, Trump has repeatedly sought to do business in Russia and acquired financing from Russian sources. He has proposed Russia-friendly policies, even to the point of proposing to abandon NATO allies. He has praised Putin repeatedly. And he has surrounded himself with people who have extensive histories representing the interests of those close to Putin. Only today, Trump openly sided with Russian intelligence against the United States and urged further spying.

Small wonder that Russia has responded by seeking to advance Trump’s cause domestically, both by covert and overt means. Who needs an agent when you get so much for free?

[Kirk Lover]

34. Yes. Even if he is completely innocent *chortle* which he's not, he is an asset, it's OBVI.