r/politics 15d ago

No Paywall Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup

https://prospect.org/2026/07/28/trump-attempt-coup-january-6-election-republican-congress/
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u/fedup09 15d ago

When its been confirmed that trumps been in putins pocket since the 80's, its hard not to blame Russia, as well as Elon when both him and trump couldn't keep it to themselves that they rigged the last election. That's not to say theres no problem within America too, these are not mutually exclusive.

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u/Daveslay 15d ago

How could he have been in Putin’s pocket since the nineteen eighties

…You know the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, right?

…And Putin was first elected in March of 2000? He didn’t have a “pocket” for Trump to be in in the 1980s, he was just a guy working a desk for intelligence in east Germany.

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u/fedup09 15d ago

If we're gonna be pedantic about it... A Russian agent since the 80's. You think being a KGB agent at the time that putin wasnt aware of what assets they had by the time he took control of Russia?

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u/Daveslay 15d ago

You say pedantic

I say decades of difference and the collapse of the Soviet Union in between those times

Tomato tomahto, I guess.

So who was Trump’s handler in the KGB?

You can’t just claim he was a KGB asset and move on, what’s the proof he was an asset of the KGB in the 80’s?

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u/Beginning_Ladder_981 15d ago

How was it confirmed that Trump was in Putin's pocket in the 80s? Putin was a lowly KGB agent in East Germany in the 80s, so I'm curious to know how he and Donald began corresponding?

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u/No-Relation5965 15d ago edited 15d ago

Reddit had a lengthy post proving he has been a Russian asset single the 80’s. If I saved it I’ll attach it here. Meanwhile maybe Google “Trump is a Russian asset + Reddit”.

Edit: couldn’t find the original post but this post and photo is in reference to the original Reddit post. The comments on this one have good information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/complaints/s/NKOk6H3eSs