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yup. this is one of the conspiracy theories I whole hardheartedly believe. There is no specific, smoking gun, proof that I know of for this but although he sometimes talk tough in his back and forth things, his actions are always super favorable for putin specifically. defund ukraine, stop russian sanctions, the general fucking up of us systems.
Agent Krasnov don’t need no proof, he just is - like the sweet kiss of preteen piss.
Once you realize he's stupid, it all makes sense.
When he built Trump Tower back in the 1980s, Jackie Kennedy was New York City's most beloved resident. She was famous for her efforts to save Grand Central Station and her love of great old buildings.
Trump personally promised the head of the biggest museum in New York that he'd preserve the façade of the building he was demolishing to put up his Tower. He lied and razed the place to the ground.
The most desperate ass kisser on the planet threw away a chance to get in good with America's living Queen because he was greedy and stupid.
That was a pretty stupid maneuver, agreed.
It’s also worth noting that one of Trump’s 6 bankruptcies was from a Casino in Atlantic City. You have to be especially stupid to go bankrupt running a casino (on borrowed money of course). They’re literally rigged for profiting the owners.
Bankrupting a casino just screams “hey we’re laundering money over here.” I think you’d have to actively sabotage a casino to make it fail.
Yeah, money laundering has clearly been a staple of Trump’s career. What started with selling condos in trump tower to Russian oligarchs after he couldn’t borrow money from banks anymore due to his tendency to default on loans, has now turned into something much worse unfortunately.
His latest scams with crypto just hurt to watch…hundreds of millions just stolen from his trusting followers.
Perhaps the biggest failing of the Dems during Biden’s term (when there was still time for justice) was refusing to investigate Trump’s financial crimes and ties to Russian monied interests. They could have nailed him to the wall so easily there, but the investigation likely would have uncovered many more elites who are profiting the same way, so of course we can’t have that.
Once you realize America was always sliding toward Fascism, it makes even more sense
Was it though?
See Hitler's American Model (2017) which talks about how Nazi lawyers were attracted to how the US built itself on the tradition of common law as opposed to the more European and relatively inflexible tradition of civil law. Government under common law may change rapidly as judges overturn precedent, opening a window for demagogues such as Trump a way to quickly reform government in their favor before a majority of the populace, with their often passive consequence-centered de facto method of understanding political decisions, can oppose the changes.
What absolutely. Fascism is in many ways the natural trend of the state under capitalism, and the US is the State of capitalism. It's inherently reactionary and opposed to socialism on a fundamental basis.
Basic class consciousness, people
Yes.
Remember, Mussolini described fascism as the union of corporate and state power.
In the U.S., corporatism is undeniable:
Regulatory Capture: Agencies like the FDA, FCC and the FED are often staffed by former industry execs who later return to high-paying corporate jobs.
Bailouts & Subsidies: Wall Street, Big Oil, and defense contractors get billions in government aid.
Lobbying & Dark Money: Corporations spend billions influencing elections and policy, ensuring laws serve their interests, not the people’s.
Surveillance & Control: Tech giants work hand-in-hand with intelligence agencies to monitor citizens.
Remind me what the historical punishment for traitor to the USA?
Reelection
I dunno. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were allowed to live, so
He doesn't work for America or Russia, he works for himself and the billionaire class.
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?
Hey Biden actually is owned by the shadow government.
Do you have any proof of that?
Do I need proof? It's right here!
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.
He works for Israel. He doesn’t even hide it.
Everyone on Lemmy knows this... The GOP are so fucking stupid, though.
I tried for like 30 seconds to poke holes in this and nothing.
I really don't think he works for "Russia" per se, he works for his clique of grifters and is genuinely deluded into believing Russia and Putin are stronger and more capable than they are - and better suited to benefit him personally. In the end, he works for himself and his close circle of capitalists, already speculating on a recession.
Yes, first and foremost he's in it for himself and his buddies. Russia and the Zionist Regime know how to do business with Trump, and provide a great way to help Trump dismantle the government and loot the USA, just like the capitalist looting that happened after the fall of the USSR. Look at what happened to Russia after shock therapy. That's what Trump and Co. want to do, and Russia's history is what lies ahead for the USA if they succeed. You may think (correctly) that Russia under Putin is a hellscape, but remember, part of the reason Russians largely support the bastard is that he was seen as lifting them out of the 90s, which was characterized by a six year drop in life expectancy, child prostitution, 'mail-order brides' and other human trafficking, rampant alcoholism, privatization and the rise of oligarchs.
How can his supporters not see this?
By not looking, not caring.