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‘Grokking’ Donald Trump: Is He Really a Russian Asset?

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xI, xAI, Grok (Elon Musk’s AI on X)
My impression of anything AI that Musk has anything to do with (created in Gemini)

Recently, someone asked Grok, Elon Musk’s new AI, what the likelihood is that Donald Trump is a Russian asset.

Was Trump recruited as far back as 1987 when he traveled to Russia on a jaunt arranged for by the KGB? In the 1980s, Russia was actively recruiting agents.

Or was he recruited in 2013 after the KGB filmed him in the presidential suite in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow watching two prostitutes pee on a bed the Obamas were supposed to have slept in?

Here’s what Grok said about Trump:

“[T]he financial ties (decades-long, opaque, and substantial), intelligence suggesting Russian intent, and Trump’s unwavering refusal to criticize Putin despite attacking allies tilt the scale. The lack of transparency — e.g., hiding tax returns, seizing interpreter notes after Putin talks — amplifies suspicion. No smoking gun proves direct control, but the “useful idiot” scenario, where Trump’s ego and debts make him unwittingly pliable, fits the evidence.

Adjusting for uncertainty and alternative explanations (e.g., ideological alignment or naivety), I estimate a 75–85% likelihood Trump is a Putin-compromised asset, leaning toward the higher…

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Katharine Valentino
Katharine Valentino

Written by Katharine Valentino

Still trying for the words to help us do & feel good things. Owner of Reviews for Medium Featured Books. I write life stories & about politics / social issues.