Senior Conservative MP says UK must consider possibility ‘Trump is a Russian asset’ - Politics.co.uk
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A senior Conservative MP has said it is time to consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Kremlin asset.  Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to Donald Trump’s decision to pause all military aid to Ukraine. The extraordinary move comes as the US administration seeks to pressure... Read more »
  • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    273·
    30 days ago

    Why does everyone forget about the Steele Dossier and the Muller Report? How fucking dense are we collectively that we cannot see this clearly?

    I’m so exhausted by all of this.

      • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.alEnglish
        1·
        23 days ago

        He has a cult like grip and it’s scary. Supporters seem to just believe what their version of the news says. My friend went from "Mueller exonerated him!"to “largely exonerated him” to “MUELLER WAS WORKING FOR THE DEMS”.

      • futatorius@lemm.ee
        7·
        29 days ago

        The question for me is why didn’t our intelligence services - who want to spy on everybody all the time - understand the risks and inform former governments to prepare?

        How do you know they didn’t?

    • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      61·
      30 days ago

      People often dont believe you when you tell them things they make up their own little narrative to make themselves feel better.

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netMEnglish
    132·
    29 days ago

    I hate on the Tories a lot but I’m glad they’re not the Republicans.

    EDIT: To be very clear: you don’t gotta hand it to them.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      15·
      29 days ago

      There’s a faction that wants to emulate the Republicans: Badenoch, Braverman, Truss, to name a few.

      • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netMEnglish
        5·
        29 days ago

        Oh, 100%. The America-brained fools and dupes have all too much influence, but most of the MPs, members and voters of the Tories also hate Trump. Bear in mind they elected Badenoch out of sheer stupidity rather than conviction, and when they forced the invidious choice of Badenoch v. Jenrick on themselves, they picked the less Trumpy of the two.

  • slakemoth@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    46·
    29 days ago

    This is such double speak. On what planet is Trump, commander of the worlds most powerful military and the dollar, an asset of Russia?

    Trump is merely doing what the USA always does. Make favourable outcomes for it’s corporations. Stopping the war once Ukraine was desperate and allowing Blackrock to hoover up the minerals was always the aim.

    • Tamo240@programming.dev
      62·
      29 days ago

      If his actions benefit Russia is he not an asset to them? The question should be is he a Russian actor or just a useful idiot to them.

      • slakemoth@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        4·
        29 days ago

        An asset is something you own and have heavy influence on or control. I.e. Israel is an USAian asset, nazarbaev was a Russian asset.

        This is just two powers taking their spoils. Russia spent a lot on this war , as did the usa. Now they want récompense.

        Putin is a rational actor, not some demon. He is working with Trump because it benefits Russia in this instance.