He's not "surrendering" to them - he's actively working for their benefit, as it's been clear all along he intended to do.
Was practically a campaign promise to do Papa Putin's bidding
Putin must have dirt on Trump. I doubt Trump cares about anyone but himself.
Trump probably owed the money, Putin got a bunch of dirt on Trump via honeypots or documented illegal activity. I suspect now all Putin is saying is "you're touchable. Play right or the daughter ends up in a rape camp in Siberia."
I don't think he'd care about the daughter really. He would care though about being shown for a fool he is. And I have no doubt that Trump understands this fully. Putin's propaganda machine both helped this orange narc get elected and is the means to strip him of it if he misbehaves.
Who hate NATO? Russia. Who's trump trying to distance America from NATO
Yes, but he obviously doesn’t care about being called a traitor. He does care immensely about being seen as weak, which this article portrays his actions as.
Zelenskyy, under pressure, said he would step down for peace if Ukraine gained NATO membership.
Nice counter to the 'Zelenskyy is a dictator' narrative.
this is worse than surrender. this is betrayal
***treason
Trump surrendered to the Russians in 1987. He's just taking Ukraine and the rest of the USA with him this time.
This part I'm out of the loop on. What happened in 1987?
I think it's a reference to this - https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/
This is just a show to me of how far disconnected I am from reality. I started reading the article, and my brain immediately went "Oh, ok. It's a bunch of conspiracy theory nonsense. It doesn't actually make sense, and therefore doesn't pass the sniff test."
It was at that moment, I realized that modern day life itself doesn't pass the sniff test. There's been so much bullshit this past 10 years that triggers my bullshit sense. Very regularly I I think to myself that there's no way Donald Trump would be elected president......but yet he's been elected president. Twice.
I'm at the point where I don't know WHAT to believe now. Is this story bullshit? Maybe. Maybe not. Seems about as legit as anything else in this timeline. We've already gone through global pandemics, murder hornets, toilet paper shortages, Los Angeles best being described as "on fire", and during the presidential debate, they asked trump if he has a concentrated well thought out plan. His response? "I have concepts of a plan". THAT GUY then proceeded to win the election.
I'm at a point where I don't want to be cynical, but it just doesn't add up for me. HOW did an entire country see THAT display, the same debate he accused people in Ohio of eating cats and dogs, and think "I think I'm gonna vote for that guy". AND THEN HE WINS THE POPULAR VOTE???
I don't want to say it, because I have no proof, where there's smoke there's usually fire, but I'm not seeing the usual smoke. Yet I find myself unable to shake this instinctual feeling that the entire process was rigged from the start. I don't want to be that guy, but that's how it feels to me. Then you read a story like this, and it kind of lines up with his actions. Who's to say he WASN'T recruited by Russia 35 years ago? I have no way to argue against that in my own brain when I don't feel like I have a good grasp on what reality even IS anymore. And that all feels very by design. I don't like anything going on around me, and if we had a different planet to live on, I'd leave.
I'm at the point where I don't know WHAT to believe now. Is this story bullshit? Maybe. Maybe not. Seems about as legit as anything else in this timeline. We've already gone through global pandemics, murder hornets, toilet paper shortages, Los Angeles best being described as "on fire", and during the presidential debate, they asked trump if he has a concentrated well thought out plan. His response? "I have concepts of a plan". THAT GUY then proceeded to win the election.
This was exactly the goal the entire time. The flood of conspiracy nonsense broke the public's trust in almost every single reliable institution or source of news. Once that's done people will believe whatever they agree with and if you flood them with enough narrative supporting your cause they'll choose to believe you. Welcome to the Russian, Fox News and Republican propaganda strategy, this is how they converted half of voting age Americans into voters for a bankrupt "businessman" who'll tear apart our entire govt, society and public for a profit.
Edit: this is why "fake news" was so alarming back in 2016, you've got journalists and competent trustworthy people presenting facts then political authorities pop off with "oh that's fake news, just trust me" and all of a sudden truth no longer matters when it's inconvenient for your party. Not that truth has mattered much in US politics for the last 75 years, govt and capitalist propaganda has clashed with the reality of life for so long that something like this was inevitable.
Who's Trump? Don't the mean Krasnov?
What's the context here?
"A former KGB officer alleges that Donald Trump was recruited as a Soviet spy in 1987, nicknamed 'Krasnov'."
краснов
Big Balls and friends
To surrender to something don't you have to oppose it at some point?
It couldn’t be any clearer that the blyats own him.
"Duuuuuuuh!!!!" says literally everybody else.
Seriously, this is NOT news. This has been going on for like 8 years now.
This is news because it needs to be broadcast loud and clear to everyone. To fight fascism you need to document and report on everything they do. It needs to be spread far and wide so there's no misunderstanding of what's going on.
You don't surrender to the people giving you your marching orders, you just hop when they tell you to hop
He is Putin's beta/apprentice.
That is an entirely-distinct reality, with many far-reaching consequences.
Pretending that he is merely surrendering-to-Russia .. is suicide.
Water 'is wet' top Democrat says
Media kid gloves are infuriating
Is it really surrendering when they're on the same team?
how can you surrender to a group that already owns you, bought , paid for and signed?
The weak, incompetent and confused are easily lead. Putin spent a lot of time looking for this guy.
Was America at war with Russia?
They somehow managed to lose without actually getting into a war. It's very impressive actually, being that bad.
Thank you for telling me what the Republican leadership is doing.
What are YOU doing?
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