Badger_Boom
Regular
I remain unconvinced that the KGB have anything on him. However, Russia has a lot of money and commodities that Trump would like to get
War with Russia
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Pinno718
Guru
Trump was part of the mafioso group of mobsters and real estate speculators in NYC.
During the 90's and 00's, Trump and his cronies (Witkoff included), sold a lot of property to the Russians. He became deeply embedded with them.
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Milzy
Senior Member
You wouldn’t do that. You would surrender & ask to join the other side. Nobody wants to fight for Putin even less so than people would want to fight for Starmer.
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
A man of his proclivities and appetites would be a very easy target. It's not just shedloads of money he likes to get his little hands on. Nothing he's done since has lessened the appearance that he's in their pocket.
Psamathe
Guru
I tend to agree. If it's blackmail type stuff (eg documents, photos or videos) Trump has shown several times how good he is at "fake news", AI fabrication, etc. and he just seems able to weather it. Add that he now has every Government institution (including Supreme Court) to pronounce "fake" after some 30 second non-"investigation".
Most things Putin might have on Trump would probably not be effective so my unfounded view is it's $$$ for future.
First Aspect
Guru
Firstly foreign policy is largely an executive responsibility, and secondly USAnians are navel gazers and there's too much domestic crap to push back on to worry about the little people.
Pinno718
Guru
Lavrov threatens Ukraine after alleged drone attack on Putin's residence
https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/29...fter-alleged-drone-attack-on-putins-residence
Russia's foreign minister said Moscow's negotiating position would change following alleged strikes on Putin's Novgorod region residence overnight on Monday. Zelenskyy dismissed the claim as an effort by the Kremlin to derail progress with Washington.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Moscow's negotiating stance would shift following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on President Vladimir Putin's dacha in the Novgorod region."Such reckless actions will not go unanswered," Lavrov told Interfax news agency, accusing Ukraine of launching 91 long-range drones targeting the presidential state residence, also known as Valdai, overnight on Monday.
Lavrov did not clarify whether Putin was present at the residence during the alleged attack.
All uphill
Senior Member
If, as reported on the BBC
Keep moving the goalposts; it confuses dementia Donny every time.
Keep moving the goalposts; it confuses dementia Donny every time.
Pinno718
Guru
It's plain to see that Putin does not want to end the war.
89 got shot down. That's an efficiency never seen from the Ruskies.
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
It's sunk cost fallacy for Putin. He can't envisage any way of stopping this without being able to proclaim some sort of victory, otherwise he'll be a dead man walking (or falling out of a balcony window). His best hope is keeping the Orange Turd on a short leash and diplomatically bludgeoning Zelenskyy into conceding land and signing up to meaningless security 'guarantees'. But Zelenskyy seems to have the measure of both Trump & Putin, and isn't going to roll over for a meaningless 'peace' (aka Russia regrouping for a later assault).
Pinno718
Guru
I think Zelensky can only take that stance because Russia is not succeeding.
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
All bluster, obviously. Lavrov is as honest as Trump, but with the benefit of being of sound mind and being a calculating bastard.
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