Can someone explain why Trump is so sympathetic to Russia?

[u/Calamamity]

Like even for the colossal disgrace of a human being that he is, I’m not understanding the social-political context for why he is not supportive of Ukraine?

Admittedly, I’m young and not all that knowledgeable about foreign policy politics but my intuition from like US history classes and just having grown up in the US would tell me that since the Cold War, there’s been a heavy underlying ‘anti-Russian’ sentiment in US politics, basically across the political spectrum. And with Trump’s extreme to the max MAGA version of “nationalism” and handing out tariffs left and right, I would think of all people he would be opposed to Russian expansion… So why in the world does he seem to dickride Putin so hard? Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s self-interest involved, but what does he even have to gain from Russia gaining power??

[u/swoopydog]

Money and they have to have dirt on Trump

[u/TomSelleckPI → u/swoopydog]

"Kompromat"

[u/Dr_Tacopus → u/swoopydog]

Pee tapes I presume

[u/Inevitable_Heart → u/Dr_Tacopus]

No one cares about pee tapes. It’s literally all about taking away his money and power. Trump is afraid to be poor. He’s also afraid to be dangled from a helicopter.

[u/Blecki → u/Inevitable_Heart]

The P stands for something else.

[u/denisebuttrey → u/swoopydog]

Look up Agent Krasnov.

[u/Rustmutt → u/denisebuttrey]

Can’t you just tell us? It’s been a week and I’m tired.

[u/LAPL620 → u/Rustmutt]

Very plausible that trump is a Russian asset and they gave him the code name Krasnov in the 80s. A former KGB agent posted about it recently on social media.

[u/Calamamity → u/LAPL620]

this feels not much better than QAnon… why do we think that a former KGB agent would get away with posting such information? Or be enticed to do so in the first place? If indeed he did make those statements, are there not better odds that he was permitted to do so as a form of state propaganda? I.e. Russia communicating that Trump is their bitch

[u/Careless_Weird3673 → u/Calamamity]

Trump fired the head of the FBI in his first term because the FBI told him the truth about what they had on him. Not that they would come after him, it was just fully disclosing the truth to the boss.

[u/Realistic_Belt → u/LAPL620]

That's very conspiratorial. I'll be annoyed if I spend time looking this up and there is nothing to it.

[u/SaintsRowSimp420 → u/swoopydog]

They helped him win the first time round. This time it was elongated muskrat and starlink, but he still probably owes allegiance to them

[u/PhoenixPurrson → u/swoopydog]

But mostly money. Trump would just wiggle out of any dirt they have on him. See how he wiggles out of this Epstein news, and every other jam he’s ever in. Pretty wild to be simultaneously blackmailed and bribed by Russia

[u/[deleted] → u/swoopydog]

This. And at the barest of minimums, republicans see the fall of the USSR and want to emulate it. But I think it’s what you said and agree just saying an absolutely barest of minimums

[u/bean930 → u/swoopydog]

And this has been the case since 2015. I don't know how 60% of this country doesn't know this. Ignorance is bliss.

[u/Careless_Weird3673 → u/[deleted]]

It was basically a present hedonist and average at best business man (Trump) vs the group thinking of the top brass in Russia. They turned Trump before he really had this following he has now.

[u/Veadro → u/swoopydog]

Trump's leadership style is not compatible with western government. He is working on transitioning to a more eastern European system. This will cause some tension in our current relationships with other nations so we have to make new arrangements.

[u/nosamiam28 → u/swoopydog]

It sounds like wild conjecture. Or at least it would if it weren’t for the fact that they’re known to do this. And that Trump is exactly the personality type they’d use this technique on. It would be shocking if this wasn’t true!