DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 24, 2024
Here’s another sterling example of why you shouldn’t give the mainstream media your trust or your money: A former KGB spy said that the Russians have cultivated Donald Trump as an asset since 1987. No American media has reported it.
Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov,” claims a former Soviet intelligence officer.
The bombshell allegation was made by Alnur Mussayev, a former Kazakh intelligence chief, in a Facebook post, reports the Mirror. The 71-year-old, who previously headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, said he had served in the 6th Directorate of the KGB in Moscow, which was responsible for counter-intelligence support within the economy.
One of the directorate’s primary objectives, he claimed, was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.” According to Mussayev, Trump, then a 40-year-old New York real estate developer, was one of those recruits. “In 1987, our directorate recruited Donald Trump under the pseudonym Krasnov,” he wrote.
Yeah, but Her Fucking Emails, right? The cowardice of the mainstream media has made it, wittingly or not, a tool of the propagandists. Starve it to death.
Though nobody is calling it one, a death watch has begun for Pope Francis, who’s in critical condition with pneumonia and the early stages of kidney failure. The Vatican reports that he lived through the night, which should give you an idea of how dire his situation is.
No official announcement has been made, but a report from the U.S. edition of the British Sun tabloid says the Philadelphia Eagles have decided to decline Donald Trump’s invitation to visit the White House. Guess they didn’t want to celebrate with cold McDonald’s hamburgers.
H/t to Andrew C: Sign up here to participate in a Zoom call with the entire Delaware congressional delegation today at 12:30 p.m.
The floor’s yours.
Chamber of Commerce weather in Clearwater yesterday. Stadium’s only about 5 minutes from our very sucky VRBO, which is replete with religious homilies, but doesn’t even have ESPN. Had the homilies been by L. Ron Hubbard, I was outta there.
Saw the Phil’s’ leadoff hitter of the future in Carlos Crawford. Gonna be a good one. His floor is Otis Nixon, which I will take.
The Phils played the O’s, and it was great talking to their fans. Was impressed with Coby Mayo, doesn’t look far away.
Think we’re getting rained out today, which means we don’t get to see Paul Skenes. Guess I’ll head to a bookstore to see what uncensored tome I might want to read.
As much as that Krasnov story seems to fit the puzzle, I’m skeptical that the western intelligence community wouldn’t already know it, or that they could have kept it from leaking after 2015.
But I do get why it’s being suppressed in the US now that Trump 2.0 has weaponized the DOJ and is gaining traction in defamation suits.
“western intelligence community” That’s what I was thinking. Are our spies really this bad? It doesn’t seem possible, but the only other possible reason that they’ve missed this for so long is that there is some benefit in missing it for them. But what possible benefit (to Canada, UK, France, Germany, Israel)?