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Garry Kasparov: By speaking with Trump in advance, Putin positions Russia's interests as the backdrop against which Ukraine's requests will be evaluated.

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#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-29 02:06 PM

It's Always Been About Defending Putin

phillipspobrien.substack.com

"Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, which President Trump said he was "very angry" about, even as Kyiv has denied it happened.

The Kremlin's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow's negotiating position to end its war in Ukraine was under review after it claimed Kyiv tried to attack the presidential residence in the Novgorod region overnight with 91 long-range drones. Lavrov said all drones were destroyed by Russian air defenses, with no injuries or damage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, said Russia's claims were "a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine" and undermine peace talks, according to a post to the social platform X.

But Trump later on Monday appeared to take Russia's side.

"I don't like it, it's not good. I heard about it this morning. You know who told me about it? President Putin told me about it. Early in the morning he said he was attacked. That's no good, it's no good," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., of the claimed strike.

"It's a delicate period of time. This is not the right time," Trump added, likely referring to ongoing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. "It's one thing to be offensive, because [Russia is] offensive, it's another thing to attack [Putin's] house. It's not the right time to do any of that. ... I was very angry about it."

Asked if there's evidence of the attack, Trump replied: "Well, we'll find out. You're saying maybe the attack didn't take place? That's possible, I guess, but President Putin told me this morning."

thehill.com

Putin's Poodle only fawns over the Best People!

@#3 ... "Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence ...

Quelle surprise.

" Lavrov said all drones were destroyed by Russian air defenses, with no injuries or damage."

And THAT'S why it almost looks like it never happened. How convenient!

Let's see the fragments from the 91 drones.

"Thank God, we didn't give Zelenskyy the Tomahawk Missiles."

~ Krasnov Fats ~

x.com

Putin's Butt ---- Takes Russia's Side on Alleged Drone Attack

thehill.com

Obligatory.

www.rawstory.com

This is what happens when you elect an idiot and a narcissist.

Probably because his supporters are idiots without the extreme narcissism. Duhhhhh BiThNiThMahNz!!!

Putin is the only person in the world that Trump will bow down to. But why Putin of all people? Just think of how much praise on both sides Trump would receive for putting Putin in his place.

#10

It IS curious. I don't know about Pee Tapes, but Vlad does have access to all of the money
laundering deals DJT did for Russian Oligarchs over the years.

Not to mention that Former KGB spy Yuri Shvets claimed Russia cultivated Trump for over 40 years, exploiting his ego and desire for flattery, making him a useful tool, even if not a classic spy.

@#11 ... Yuri Shvets claimed Russia cultivated Trump ...

'The perfect target': Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years -- ex-KGB spy (2021)
www.theguardian.com

... Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian. ...

Shvets, a KGB major, had a cover job as a correspondent in Washington for the Russian news agency Tass during the 1980s. He moved to the US permanently in 1993 and gained American citizenship. He works as a corporate security investigator and was a partner of Alexander Litvinenko, who was assassinated in London in 2006.

Unger describes how Trump first appeared on the Russians' radar in 1977 when he married his first wife, Ivana Zelnickova, a Czech model. Trump became the target of a spying operation overseen by Czechoslovakia's intelligence service in cooperation with the KGB.

Three years later Trump opened his first big property development, the Grand Hyatt New York hotel near Grand Central station. Trump bought 200 television sets for the hotel from Semyon Kislin, a Soviet emigre who co-owned Joy-Lud electronics on Fifth Avenue.

According to Shvets, Joy-Lud was controlled by the KGB and Kislin worked as a so-called "spotter agent" who identified Trump, a young businessman on the rise, as a potential asset. Kislin denies that he had a relationship with the KGB.

Then, in 1987, Trump and Ivana visited Moscow and St Petersburg for the first time. Shvets said he was fed KGB talking points and flattered by KGB operatives who floated the idea that he should go into politics. ...

@#11 ... Vlad does have access to all of the money laundering deals DJT did for Russian Oligarchs over the years. ...

Perhaps?

BaFin to Deepen Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Investigation (Feb 2019)
www.financemagnates.com

...Deutsche Bank released a statement on Friday saying that BaFin, the German financial regulator, has extended the remit of an independent auditor examining the lender's role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal.

The case stems from an ongoing investigation into the Danish bank's Estonian division.

After a whistle-blower sounded the alarm about the activity of certain customers, most of whom were from Russia and the former Soviet Union, in late 2018, it became apparent that Danske Bank's Tallinn-based operations were doing business with some less than scrupulous individuals.

It is alleged that the bank laundered around $225 billion from 2007 to 2014. If that is the case, it would potentially be the largest instance of money laundering ever uncovered.

Deutsche Bank falls into the mix as it acted as Danske Bank's main correspondent bank. According to the Financial Times, the German bank was responsible for facilitating $180 billion in suspicious transactions....

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Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe (Nov 2018)
www.npr.org

...In recent years, Deutsche Bank has been in the news not only for its prominence in the Panama Papers, but also for its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years.

Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. ...

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