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He doesn't work for America or Russia, he works for himself and the billionaire class.
He's serving the American bourgeoisie moreso than Russia.
Which, to be clear, is worse than if he was serving Russia. The American bourgeoisie are the most direct enemy to the American people, they suppress our wages (Putin doesn't), they shift the tax burden onto us (Putin doesn't), they bust our unions (Putin doesn't), etc. Anything that makes them stronger makes us weaker, and if we could burn their wealth and power we would be better off even if we didn't get a penny of it, just because their boot would be removed from our neck. That's not to suggest that Putin is in any way a friend to everyday Americans, but he is a more distant and removed enemy compared to our direct, primary enemy, the rich of our own country. I don't know why there's this need to treat Trump as secretly in league with an external entity, as if being what he actually is wasn't the worst thing he could possibly be.
He works for Israel. He doesn’t even hide it.
Then why is he Krasnov?
Has this been confirmed?
Does it need to be?
Absolutely.
Claims usually do.
Can you imagine if someone did this for the other guys?
Like Trump is allied towards Putin, but he is only allied to those who pay him. He's a narcissist in debt. If Putin's funds dried up, he'd just saying he never liked him in the first place, disobey any previous agremeents.
Let's not ignore the billionaires who are American and have always been American puppeting him and the party in general.
It would be helpful to have it confirmed, but it's highly unlikely. The KGB is generally hush-hush, so we're going to have to decide without explicit evidence, but Occam's razor is good enough for me.
Occam's razor says that he's a billionaire acting in his own self interest. Adding hidden unconfirmed assumptions that are unnecessary to explain his behavior is literally the exact thing that Occam's razor says not to do.
The question is specifically the billionaire's behavior toward Russia.
The idea that Trump simply disagrees with you on foreign policy is a simpler explanation than the idea that he's secretly controlled by Russia. The majority of his Republican base supports his stance on Ukraine, along with roughly half of the population as a whole. Why is it assumed that everyone would take your position on Russia in the absence of some secret plot?
Yes? I fucking hate Trump but I want verified shit to tag on him for his actual actions.
If we just allow anything to stick to a figure/political group no matter how false it is, it just gives them ammo. "Why would you believe I did X? They said I did Y and Z and no proof was there for any of it."
Like imagine if someone said something that makes sense about Putin but wasn't backed by anything in reality. Putin could now use that as a tool for propaganda/deflection. Same for any other figure in politics.
Genuinely, I want sources for all claims. Even if it questions my personal world views. Sometimes I'm just genuinely wrong about something and I like being corrected in a informative way.