Anthony Andrews (@anthony7andrews on X) compiled this interesting thread on Trump’s ties to Russia:
Excerpt: “From observing Trump for years in previous visits to Moscow, the FSB knew he had a weakness for women. But they said Trump’s behavior illustrated that he really did not like women. They said that they knew Trump eventually learned that he had been flipped in a honeypot operation in Moscow. He was also filmed in St. Petersburg. They said Trump was furious when he learned what had happened. Many of the old Russian friends Trump used to collaborate with are no longer on good terms with him.
They repeated that the first FSB-generated payments to Trump took place in Baku at the presidential palace. The first one was for $10 million, which Trump took personally. The next payment of $30 million went to his daughter Ivanka. The FSB money was originally passed through Aras Agalarov, the billionaire real estate mogul, who served as a liaison between Trump and Putin.”