Being quite dim and narcissistic, Trump may not be aware that he’s consistently doing Putin’s bidding. If Russia can get intermediaries to put the right words in Trump’s ear, they could play Trump while letting him believe he’s just having his own brilliant ideas.
Yeah, I don’t think Trump is knowingly a Russian asset because it isn’t necessary for him to knowingly be a Russian asset. He’s just a fanboi and “business partner” of Putin who is vulnerable to his manipulative suggestion, and that’s enough.
In this case, I wouldn’t be surprised if Putin simply gloated about how Russia was going to benefit from global warming opening up the Northeast Passage and said “you could have the same thing too by controlling the Northwest Passage; too bad Greenland and Canada are in the way,” then just let Trump’s megalomania take over the rest.
Being quite dim and narcissistic, Trump may not be aware that he’s consistently doing Putin’s bidding. If Russia can get intermediaries to put the right words in Trump’s ear, they could play Trump while letting him believe he’s just having his own brilliant ideas.
Yeah, I don’t think Trump is knowingly a Russian asset because it isn’t necessary for him to knowingly be a Russian asset. He’s just a fanboi and “business partner” of Putin who is vulnerable to his manipulative suggestion, and that’s enough.
In this case, I wouldn’t be surprised if Putin simply gloated about how Russia was going to benefit from global warming opening up the Northeast Passage and said “you could have the same thing too by controlling the Northwest Passage; too bad Greenland and Canada are in the way,” then just let Trump’s megalomania take over the rest.