Back in mid-2016 FBI agents started looking into Donald Trumpʼs Russian links‚ but today - after countless probes and millions spent - key questions remain unanswered (specially about his relationship with Vladimir Putin)
The ex-presidents businesses got help from Russia-linked investors in the 90s when they were failing: some people with ties to Moscow bought Trump condos while others set-up partnerships; but nobody knows where exactly this money came from. His son Donald Trump Jr even said at a real-estate meeting:
In terms of high-end product influx into the US Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of our assets
Russian influence keeps growing in 2024: theyʼre using deep-fakes AI and paid news to help Trump win. The Justice Department found that Sergei Kiriyenko - part of Putins inner circle - runs media operations targeting swing states; they already took down 32 fake websites
Robert Muellerʼs investigation didnt go deep enough into Trump-Russia ties - many say because of pressure from above. Andrew McCabe former FBI chief thinks deputy AG Rod Rosenstein was afraid to lose his job: “he desperately didnt want to get fired“
Today Putin keeps talking with Trump (up to 7 times since he left office) and the ex-president still wont criticize him. When Russia invaded Ukraine Trump called it “genius“; and now he promises to end the war in one day - which experts think means giving Putin what he wants