In 1987 Trump visited Moscow.

[countholdem@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum The Saudi #crypto connection is obvious, but the mutual investments in cornering #energy markets, should be a more obvious ploy to hold suspect - especially considering the Saudi's have been at war with the Houthi's for a decade, and Arabs with Persians, for a thousand years.

Just the armaments alone, means heavy #FossilFuels #greed.

[tsturm@famichiki.jp]

@gsymon @dannyreving @anneapplebaum It’s definitely the pee tapes. 1987 in Moscow? The KGB was at peak power at that time. They got him on the best video stock that money could buy.

[wernerbeinhart@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum
Trump was never interested in Republicans but they offered him an easy way to get power. And from there he knew how to play the game. He used the Techies to connect the dots and offered them freedom to do whatever they want. A win / win situation - all others will lose!

[woodenmachines@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum the worst is that US intelligence knew exactly who and what Trump is and let this all happen. He should have never been on the ballot in ‘24 after 1/6. They killed MLK but just let Trump and his family bleed us dry.

[darwinwoodka@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum

PUPPET PUPPET PUPPET

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@dannyreving @anneapplebaum

Honestly I don't know that they'd need it. Trump admires fascist strongman types, he's always been obsessed with status among the Epstein class and hates that he's historically been looked down on by the wealthy and famous as kind of this crude bore that is only bedgrudingly allowed access because of his wealth (or perception of wealth previously).

So what blackmail there is probably was given willingly, that's how it works. It's more of a pact amongst these types.

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@dannyreving @anneapplebaum

Amongst liars and sociopaths the only means of verifying trust between themselves is through mutual blackmail. That way they know they're in it together, rather than merely pulling a con like they do on the "normies", they can have confidence in the material reality of the dirt they each have.

[adeptveritatis@social.tchncs.de]

@tsturm @gsymon @dannyreving @anneapplebaum

He is a war criminal.

Pee tapes? Are you 5 years old? Who cares about p...

... oh wait, ... HE is like 5 years old.

[six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social]

@dagb @anneapplebaum

" #Canada is a far more reliable energy partner for the U.S. than #Russia, and yet #Trump has not sought to improve relations with the Canadian government." #anneapplebaum

Yet, he keeps saying the #MAGA chant, #Democrats Destroying America️

[crucialbreeze@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum this is juvenile conspiracy theory stuff. It really is.

Everything thing you think you have is barely even circumstantial. I’ve been to Moscow and changed my mind about Russia - am I also an agent ? Because none of the cheques have arrived yet .

Trump is 100% a selfish corrupt bastard, born and bred in the USA, raised on filthy money, like so many others. A bastard child of capitalist degeneracy.

Russia like him because of this.

[theosoreass@ieji.de]

@Breturn @anneapplebaum or trump just idolises the power of despots and severely wants their approval

[theosoreass@ieji.de]

@anneapplebaum by buying Russian oil is america funding the iranians fight against america?

[2qx@mastodon.social]

@anneapplebaum

Trump supports fossil fuel mining.

The monetary lifeline of the Soviet Union, the turbines powering crypto mining and AI, US allies in the Middle East and the owners of both parties.

He's a petrofascist.

[six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social]

@Paul_stilgar @anneapplebaum
Re
80 million votes...who continue to applaud his stupidity

It's true that most #Republicans in #Congress are head in the sand silent pricks and #MUSK is giving BIG BUCKS to the #midterms and there is FU #foxnews and FU #META

But 50% of the US are non-voters (as you mentioned) and 4 million were un-registered in the key States in Nov 2025 race, that made #Trump 2.0 win

But many R voters are going to stay home and #NoKings are making a #BlueWave

[papertrailgeo@mstdn.social]

Bracket the crypto and the real story is still there. Riyadh is fighting this on spreadsheets now: missiles near its hubs, Bab el-Mandeb shut to the north, and a rail-and-grid deal with the UAE that has no routes, no costs and no dates. This war is being priced, not fought.

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@anneapplebaum

In July 1987, Donald Trump flew to Moscow with his wife Ivana after being invited by Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin, who had first approached Trump at Trump Tower and later cultivated the relationship at a New York luncheon hosted by Leonard Lauder.[1] They told Trump it was about luxury tourism.

According to former KGB officer Yuri Shvets, the KGB had spotted Trump years before and were fascinated by his absolute lack of patriotism or morals.

Fits perfectly.

[rowinspeez@mas.to]

@gsymon @dannyreving @anneapplebaum "Pee tapes" is shorthand for sex acts with minors

[labbatt50@mastodon.world]

@anneapplebaum

He doesn't give a sh*t.

[francoisprague@mastodon.social]

@dannyreving @anneapplebaum maybe there is no kompromat. Maybe he is just a fool who happened to become to most useful idiot. On the other hand with Trump, little is needed. Money and Flattery.

[pacman@swiss.social]

@anneapplebaum Thanks for posting. A smoking gun is not needed. The circumstantial evidence suffices.