This interview looks at a huge can of worms poisoning American democracy.
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Via The New Republic:
Investigative journalist and author Craig Unger has spent decades researching the profound connection between figures on the American right and autocrats and authoritarians around the world. His most recent book, American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery explores the relationships between Donald Trump and other conservative U.S. figures and Russia. Unger speaks about Vladimir Putin’s likely state of mind these days and whether it should worry us. [It should.]
“He talks about the relationship between Putin and the oligarchs—a relationship, he says, in which the Russian president holds most, but not all of the cards. When conversation turns toward Trump and the Republican party, Unger peels back layers of history: He notes that Trump was identified as a potential KGB asset in the Cold War days, details a lavish junket held for powerful former GOP Congressman Tom DeLay, and talks about [“over 250 million dollars without even breaking a sweat”] that poured into super-PACs aligned with Russian interests. He also discusses ways that the GOP has done Russia’s bidding at crucial times, as when it changed the Ukraine plank in its 2016 platform. Finally, [he is asked] what Trump could do with respect to Russia and NATO if he winds up back in the Oval Office.”
Utter garbage….book more of a National Inquirer work useful for speculating on aliens mating with Hillary while waiting in check out line. To give Trump credit he was the one who repeatedly urged NATO countries to up their military budgets and warned Europe that their depending on Russian oil and gas was stupidity of the first order. One of the first things Biden did when he took office was to remove US objections to Nord Stream II. Here is an informative review. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/07/american-kompromat-review-trump-russia-epstein-craig-unger
Indeed a devastating review. But if you watch the interview you’ll see that Craig Unger is the furthest thing from a National Inquirer type of reporter. I speak from experience. In any case, let’s see what happens if Trump were to return to office, which is not beyond the realm of possibility.
I think the possibility of either Trump or Biden returning to office is beyond the realm of possibility – but the future is beyond our ken. I propose Tulsi and Buttiege … two nicely feral youngsters who might have the grit to throw the aged dead wood out of our system.