As Donald Trump capitulates to Putin on Ukraine, many are wondering what leverage Putin has over him and revisiting longstanding evidence that Trump has been groomed for decades as a KGB asset. Trump was, however, not the first candidate selected for this mission.
That dubious honor goes to Henry A. Wallace, agriculture secretary under Franklin Roosevelt during his first and second terms (1933-1940), and Vice President during his third term (1941-1945). Wallace, a crop scientist by training, became increasingly interested in religious mysticism and began a lengthy correspondence with Nicholas Roerich, a Russian emigré artist based in New York City. Roerich was a student of theosophy, the esoteric belief system created by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky decades prior; Roerich and his wife Helena expanded on Blavatsky’s ideas to create Agni Yoga, which attracted devotees like Wallace.
The KGB was dissolved in 1991 with the rest of the Russian SFSR. I know what you are getting at but stuff like this feels ahistorical
The KGB became the FSB. Historically:
- KGB officer 1975 and 1991: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- FSB director 1998-1999: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- First premier 1999: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Acting president 1999-2000: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- President 2000-[…]: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
…and so on.
The KGB was very much around in 1987 when Trump visited Moscow and began pushing Russian interests in America and generally criticizing US alliances.
The article speaks of the KGB as if it is still relevant to modern geopolitics. It genuinely does not matter if Trump had a homoerotic relationship with numurous KGB assets. Its been 34 years. Envoking its name feels more like a cheap way to get clicks from boomers haven’t realized the cold war ended. Trump has significantly more relevant connections to Russia than this.
even russians still talk about the KGB when refer to any kind of Russian intelligence agency.
It genuinely does not matter if Trump had a homoerotic relationship with numurous KGB assets
It dose if putin is able to use the events to manipulate him. And if it happened under the KGB it is very likely the evidence and agents are still assessable todays intelligenceagents.
You and I may not give a shit about 37yo sex acts. But trump is very much manipulatable about his percieved manhood.
While putin is very willing to use such evidence to manipulate.
“KGB” still evokes the idea of Soviet/Russian agents in three convenient letters. Honestly, at this point, I’d be depressed to see a poll of how many people in the U.S. know the USSR is no more. We referred to them as “Russians” in the '80s anyway. Details are unimportant to voters.
That symbol in the back looks like the State Farm logo. 🧐
