Mission to Moscow

Yesterday, Politico published a detailed article (link here) about Moscow's thirty-year cultivation of Donald Trump and his multiple visits to that country. This dates back to when Russia was still part of the Soviet Union aka the USSR, a larger communist nation that dissolved in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Trump's first trip to Moscow was in 1987, where visits by prominent Americans behind the Iron Curtain were rare. He was one of a group of prominent westerners cultivated by the KGB, the ultra-secret Soviet spy agency.

The USSR is no more but the KGB's successor, the Federal Security Service aka FSB, still thrives. Vladimir Putin was a long-time high-level KGB officer and specialized in recruiting and grooming foreign operatives who helped spy for and run covert operations for the Soviet Union.

There are times where Trump's life and behavior parallels that of the fictional Russian mole in The Manchurian Candidate. More than a few prominent people in Washington have openly wondered if Trump was Moscow's plant in Washington. If true, it would be the most successful espionage operation in history.

More likely, Trump has a strong affinity for Russia because they have loaned him hundreds of millions of dollars and his philosophy strongly aligns with theirs: autocratic, bullying, greedy, and hateful. While he has verbally trashed hundreds of respected and revered officials, Trump has never said anything negative publicly about eiher Putin or Russia.

This all leaves us with a critically important question: does Trump care more about Russia than America? If so, why?

Almost certainly there is more below the surface here than what we can see. It's no surprise that Western intelligence agencies have long been suspicious of Trump.

Someday soon, we hopefully will learn if there's any depth to this story than idle speculation and very curious coincidences.

Stay tuned.