U.S. And International Politics

[Richard Smith]

"The annual inflation rate in Russia rose to 9.9% in January of 2025 from 9.5% in the previous month, the highest since base effects from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine kicked in in February 2023."

-- Trading Economics

Inflation has risen everywhere including the US where it rose around 20% during Old Joe's disastrous administration.  And those figures don't include things like energy and food that rose closer to 50%.  Russia is looking great compared to the US with its $38 trillion deficit due to funding endless foreign conflicts and wasting most of that money on fraud and woke agendas.

[Richard Smith]

I found this on fb - more confirmation of Trump being used as a Russian asset

Volodymyr Vlad Kunko

I’m calling it as it is. I dont care whether you agree with me or not, just check your response with your gut. My gut never lies to me.   
I’ve had my suspicions all along about this stooge. He’s not intelligent enough to pull this off by himself. We better hope that all the social security numbers and tax info that Muskrat just uploaded from SSA and IRS from every single American citizens account, doesn’t end up in Putin’s files. Whoever has that info can potentially wipe out every dime we have and can potentially fund a world takeover:

There is something rancid in America, a slow, creeping rot that smells like cold McDonald’s fries, aerosol hairspray, and the unmistakable musk of a country too sedated to recognize its own hostage situation. For years, the idea that Donald Trump was compromised by Russia was dismissed as paranoid fantasy—just another wild-eyed conspiracy theory, another overblown headline in the endless saga of American political dysfunction.
But now, two former Soviet intelligence officers—Alnur Mussayev and Yuri Shvets—are saying it outright: Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, groomed as an asset, and remains under Russian control to this day. And the worst part? He’s already back in the White House.

That’s right, America. You did it. You walked face-first into the banana peel of history, slipped, and fell straight into the arms of Vladimir Putin. Trump was kicked out in 2020, spent four years plotting his comeback, and now he’s returned, like a bloated, orange cockroach that just won’t die. The Kremlin’s favorite stooge is running the country again, and this time, he knows exactly how to stay in power. If you think this is just another round of the Trump Show, you’re not paying attention. This isn’t politics anymore. This is treason. This is foreign subversion. This is a goddamn coup in slow motion.

Let’s break it down, nice and simple.

Alnur Mussayev isn’t some Twitter conspiracy theorist with a tinfoil hat and a podcast. He’s the former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, which means he knows exactly how Russian intelligence works—because he was part of the system. And what he’s saying should make every American’s blood run cold.
According to Mussayev, Trump was identified, recruited, and compromised by the KGB in 1987 during his first trip to Moscow. They saw him for what he was: a narcissistic, greedy, attention-starved buffoon who could be easily manipulated. The KGB flattered him, promised him business deals, and planted the seeds of political ambition in his empty little head. And from that moment on, he was their man.

But Mussayev isn’t alone. Former KGB major Yuri Shvets said the exact same thing in 2021: Trump was cultivated by Soviet intelligence because he was an easy mark—too stupid to realize he was being played, too egotistical to care. They saw him as a useful idiot—a man who could one day be nudged into power, a walking, talking Trojan Horse for Russian interests.
And now? The plan has worked. Trump spent four years in office weakening America from within, got booted out, and now he’s back for round two.
If you had told the American public in 1962 that a Soviet-backed asset would one day sit in the White House, they would have burned Washington to the ground before letting it happen. But today? Nobody seems to care.

The media treats this like just another wacky subplot in the never-ending Trump reality show. Congress is too busy fighting over meaningless culture war nonsense to do anything about it. And the American public? Exhausted. Numb. Checked out. Years of scandals—Russia collusion, Ukraine blackmail, classified documents, tax fraud, sexual assault, an attempted coup—have fried the country’s brain like an overcooked steak at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump has done the impossible. He has committed so many crimes, so openly, so brazenly, that none of them matter anymore.
And now, with Mussayev’s revelation that Trump is an active foreign asset, we have finally reached the point where the biggest political scandal in American history is met with a collective shrug. This is how democracy dies—not with a bang, but with a goddamn eye-roll.

This is the part where the skeptics start clutching their pearls. “Oh, come on,” they say. “If Trump were really a Russian asset, wouldn’t there be more proof?”
To which I say: Are you blind, or just willfully stupid?

Let’s go through the evidence, shall we?

Trump spent his entire first term doing exactly what Russia wanted. He attacked NATO, calling it “obsolete” and threatening to pull the U.S. out. He tried to blackmail Ukraine into manufacturing dirt on Joe Biden, because weakening Ukraine helps one man and one man only: Vladimir Putin. He pulled U.S. troops out of Syria, handing power over to Russian forces. He picked fights with Canada and Europe while cozying up to dictators.

Even now, in his second term, he is more openly pro-Putin than ever. He has made it clear that he will not protect NATO allies from Russian aggression. He is actively dismantling America’s alliances, just as Russia planned. And while Americans scream at each other over whether Target should sell rainbow t-shirts, Trump is quietly selling the country to the Kremlin.
At some point, you have to stop calling it a coincidence and start calling it what it is: treason.

The United States is running out of time. If Trump serves out this term without being removed, America as a functioning democracy is finished.
The media needs to wake up. Enough with the “Trump fatigue” excuse. This is not just another scandal—this is the single greatest infiltration of American power in history. Journalists need to dig into Mussayev’s claims, demand declassification of intelligence files, and treat this like the national emergency that it is.

Congress needs to subpoena Mussayev immediately. His testimony must be public, and every document he has should be reviewed. If there is proof that Trump has been compromised since the 1980s, the American people need to know. The Justice Department needs to stop pretending that Trump is just another politician. If there is evidence that the sitting president of the United States is working in Russia’s interests, he must be removed from office and prosecuted for espionage.

And the American public? You have one last chance. This is not about Republican vs. Democrat. This is not about taxes, gas prices, or whatever nonsense outrage is dominating the news today. This is about whether the United States remains a sovereign nation, or if we spend the rest of the century as a Russian client state with a golf course.
The sheer volume of Trump's corruption, the blatant nature of his crimes, the mountain of evidence that should have ended his political career a hundred times over—none of it mattered. He survived it all, not because he was innocent, but because he drowned the country in so much scandal that nothing stuck.
But this time, it’s different. If Mussayev and Shvets are right, this isn’t just another chapter in the endless Trump circus. This is the culmination of a decades-long Russian intelligence operation to install an asset in the White House.

There is no coming back from this. If America lets Trump serve out this term without removing him, then the United States as a democratic republic is finished. The country won’t collapse overnight. There won’t be tanks in the streets. Instead, the destruction of democracy will happen in slow motion—buried under lawsuits, propaganda, and corruption so blatant that people stop caring.

If America lets this happen—if Trump is allowed to complete his mission—then Putin wins. The West crumbles. And the people who could have stopped it will look back, years from now, and wonder how they let it happen.

Good night, and good luck. Because if people don’t wake up, America is going to sleepwalk straight into its own funeral.

You lose any credibility when you start repeating the hoax that Trump is working for Russia.  There are warmongers in the establishment with agendas who don't like the fact that Trump doesn't listen to their advice and makes decisions on behalf of the US instead of the rest of the world.  John Bolton is the classic example.  He is a warmonger who wants to bomb every adversary.  Trump quickly learned that he was a fraud and incompetent and fired him.   These people are seeing their influence wane and are doing everything possible to take down Trump. 

[Michael Capasse]

You lose any credibility when you start repeating the hoax that Trump is working for Russia.  There are warmongers in the establishment with agendas who don't like the fact that Trump doesn't listen to their advice and makes decisions on behalf of the US instead of the rest of the world.  John Bolton is the classic example.  He is a warmonger who wants to bomb every adversary.  Trump quickly learned that he was a fraud and incompetent and fired him.   These people are seeing their influence wane and are doing everything possible to take down Trump.

poor baby, trump ! the whole wide world is against him !

Nonsense ! - Russian collusion has been piling up on him since 2016.
...and credibility from you, doesn't mean that much to me. 

[Richard Smith]

poor baby, trump ! the whole wide world is against him !

Nonsense ! - Russian collusion has been piling up on him since 2016.
...and credibility from you, doesn't mean that much to me. 

The Russian collusion hoax was one of the biggest debunked conspiracy theories in history.  Entirely baseless.  It's incredible that anyone is still shopping that long debased nonsense around.  TDS. Trump is doing what is best for the US.  I know that is shocking given the long track record of US political establishment foreign policy designed to enrich themselves and stay in power, but those days are finally over.

[Royell Storing]

  The Russia Reprise is exactly why the Dems continue going the way of the dinosaur. They have no New Ideas to offer the electorate. On top of that, they publicly shun assets like Musk, RFK Jr, and Rogan, and instead run fossils out there like Carville. The Hate they hold for Trump is resulting in endless self inflicted wounds.

[Michael Capasse]

Do you actually believe WH statement that a TASS reporter had "accidentally" been admitted into the meeting on Friday?
After the unprecedented banning of the AP press because of one editorial opinion re: the "Gulf of America".
“TASS was not on the approved list of media for today’s pool,” a White House official said. “As soon as it came to the attention
of press office staff that he was in the Oval, he was escorted out by the Press Secretary. He is not on the approved list for the press conference."

Yet there he was.
...and there had to have been increased security on press pass into the room that day anyway. right?

[Michael Capasse]

  The Russia Reprise is exactly why the Dems continue going the way of the dinosaur. They have no New Ideas to offer the electorate. On top of that, they publicly shun assets like Musk, RFK Jr, and Rogan, and instead run fossils out there like Carville. The Hate they hold for Trump is resulting in endless self inflicted wounds.

Not sure who you are talking to here.
Stand by for what RFK Jr does about measles in TX.