In late-2024‚ as Donald Trump aims for the White House‚ theres a big question that still haunts U.S security experts - why does he keep being so nice to Vladimir Putin? After many years of looking into it no-one knows if Putin has some dirt on Trump (what Russians like calling kompromat)
The story starts about 8 years back when Trumpʼs odd friendship with Russia first got checked out. Since then lots of smart people tried to figure it out but hit walls: the FBI couldnt dig deep enough‚ Robert Muellerʼs team got boxed-in‚ and Congress didnt have enough power to make people talk. Meanwhile Trump kept having secret chats with Putin; some happened even after he left office (which is pretty weird)
Russian money helped save Trump when his business was failing in the 90s. He worked with some interesting people like Felix Sater and Tevfik Arif who had ties back to Russia. His son Donald Jr even said once: “we see lots of money coming in from Russia“ But no-one ever found out where exactly this cash came from
- Deep-fake videos targeting swing states
- Paid-off media groups spreading pro-Trump stories
- Fake news websites made to look like real U.S ones
- AI-powered social media campaigns
Right now Russia is working harder than ever to help Trump win in 24. Theyʼre using new tricks that make 2016 look simple: Their plan seems clear - get Trump back in office so he can give Putin what he wants in Ukraine. Andrew McCabe‚ who used to run the FBI‚ says Trumps promise to end the war in one day can only mean one thing - letting Putin win
The weirdest part? Every time someone tries looking into this stuff they hit a wall. Rod Rosenstein‚ who was supposed to watch over the Mueller probe didnt let them check Trumps money trails. When Congress tried getting bank records Trump sued and won. Its like theres always something stopping people from finding out whats really going on