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Is Trump Compromised?
The Soviet Spy Allegations Revisited
US President Donald Trump’s recent behavior has many wondering if our commander-in-chief has been compromised by Russian security services.
Let that sink in for a minute. This is a question so insane, so implausible, and so outside the norm of the American experience, that it would be more fitting in a Marvel movie or Tom Clancy techno-thriller.
It’s an interesting question, to be sure — but it’s also a serious allegation that requires careful analysis.
Once a year, I meet with four friends who I served with in the US Air Force, who later went on to the Defense Intelligence Agency. These days, all but one is still at the agency, but anytime I’m in Washington DC, we meet at Il Piatto Italian restaurant across from Lafayette Square and discuss military technology.
Our conversation this time centered around “Krasnov.”
Trump’s recent disgraceful conduct in the Oval Office toward President Zelenskyy has the internet ablaze over claims that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in the 1980s and given the code name “Krasnov.”
Yes, you read that right — apparently, our least favorite fast-food-loving, spray-tanned billionaire was on the Soviets’ payroll, at least according to a former KGB officer. The story initially made its…
