US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy

It’s more likely he’s afraid of Putin, because Putin has dirt on him. And it’s more than just pee tapes. It’s probably incontrovertible proof that the Epstein files are real news.

Vance has just been to Hungary to get another Russian asset re-elected.

But anyone who flatters Trump and strokes his fragile little ego is a good guy. *THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER*

What if it’s not about countries and it’s just about making certain individuals rich?

Look at all the decisions he has made (not the ones Congress has made). Had there ever been one that is detrimental to Russia? Nevermind that when he first ran in 2016, the only change he made to the repugnant platform was the removal of sanctions from a Russia. Ignore the fact that don jr said the trumps had all the money they needed from Russia. Nevermind the fact that trump has had multiple Russian agents (aka spies and operatives) who work for Russia as his advisors or in his cabinet, such as Paul Manafort. Ignore the fact that trump told the world that he trust Putin more than the US Intelligence Agencies. Nevermind the fact that trump had a secret back channel directly to Russia before the 2016 election. Nevermind that many US officials who worked for trump were convicted of working for Russia because the US was spying on Russian communications, and these officials themselves were Russian assets. Nevermind that Russia only posted DNC emails despite hacking both the RNC and DNC. And ignore the fact that they did this whenever bad news happened about trump (such as the Access Hollywood tape). Even ignoring the plethora of evidence that trumo only helps and praises Russia, while threatens and disparages traditional allies, and you see a distinct pattern. Trump is putin’s b****. No matter how you look at it. If someone was beholden to Putin, they would not act any differently.

Look at his attitude towards Russia compared to his attitude towards China. He seems oddly infatuated with Russia and often makes life easier for Putin and harder for Ukraine where he can. Whether he's knowingly helping Putin is up for debate, but it certainly seems likely that Putin is able to manipulate him to some degree. Could be that Trump is just too stupid to not be easily manipulated.

Being an asset and being an agent are two different things. Plenty of people are intelligence assets without even knowing it. Maybe they are well connected and like to gossip, maybe they are a high end bartender and can inform about the overall mood of a place/group, maybe they have technical info on their devices that are worth compromising, or maybe they are so stupid, manipulable and powerful that just being able to speak directly to them gives you a major influence on the outcomes of their decisions.

1000%

His name is already mentioned in the Epstein files like 1000+ times. He cares not for unredacted files held by Russia or Israel. What are they going to do? Release them? So what? It's not like his supporter base cares anyway. He can be the biggest piece of shit as long as he hurts the right people.

And there's tens of millions of Americans who want a president like this. And at the same consider themselves 'freedom loving'

This, in order to be a foreign asset you need to have some self-control and enough intelligence to work towards a goal long-term, often leaving your ego aside. This would not work with Trump. You probably can't bribe him enough to actually act in the way you want the whole time (let alone across decades). People keep saying Putin has dirt on Trump, but even if so I just don't think it matters. Trump is invulnerable to scandals. His fanbase has an endless stream of reality-denying excuses. He could probably boast about doing it ang they'd be like "f*** yeah he says it like it is". What Trump is though is very manipulable. You can't get him to act coherently but if you can whisper the right things to his ear you can steer him in a predictable direction for a short while.

Trump also lifted oil sanctions for Iran

And has control of the military.

No, he represents the whole of the USA.

He represents them all.

Indeed, the roughly 33% who voted for him are still too many.

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if anything, since trump's second term, us has almost stopped all assistance to ukraine