American Kompromat: how the KGB cultivated Donald Trump and related tales of sex, greed, power, and treachery
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American Kompromat unravels the Russian-influenced operations that amassed the dirty little secrets of the richest and most powerful men on earth.
American Kompromat is based on extended and exclusive interviews with high-level sources in the KGB, CIA, and FBI, as well as lawyers at white-shoe Washington firms, associates of Jeffrey Epstein, and thousands of pages of FBI reports, police investigations, and news articles in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. A narrative offering jaw-dropping context, and set in Upper East Side mansions and private Caribbean islands, gigantic yachts, and private jets, American Kompromat shows that from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, Russian operations transformed the darkest secrets of the most powerful people in the world into potent weapons that served its interests.
Among its many revelations, American Kompromat addresses what may be the single most important unanswered question of the entire Trump era — and one that Unger argues is even more important now that Trump is out of office: Was Donald Trump a Russian asset? Just how compromised was he? And how could such an audacious feat have been accomplished? To answer these questions and more, Craig Unger reports, is to understand kompromat — operations that amassed compromising information on the richest and most powerful men on earth, and that leveraged power by appealing to what is, for some, the most prized possession of all: their vanity.
This is a story that transcends the end of the Trump administration, illuminating a major underreported aspect of Trump’s corruption that has profoundly damaged American democracy.
Trump Blames Ukraine for Russia's War2.19.25
Happy Wednesday and welcome back to Today’s American News, your source for news and analysis on the circus that is American politics and entertainment. Elon’s DOGE savings claims crumble under scrutiny… NBC and CBS are out with separate reports ripping apart the so-called savings claimed by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. NBC News reports, “Two of [DOGE’s] most notable claims — around Social Security fraud and $8 billion savings found in a Department of Homeland Security contract — have been debunked. Meanwhile, Trump’s agenda is set to add to the federal government’s deficit well in excess of what DOGE is cutting.” CBS News adds DOGE’s savings “accounting was overstated by billions of dollars... Among the errors were contracts that DOGE identified for cuts” that “were actually standard government funding vehicles called ‘indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity’ contracts. The DOGE team misread these specialized contracts, experts told CBS News, and as a result overstated their push for savings by as much as $1.96 billion.”
Americans don’t like Elon Musk or his power, two polls find… Politico is citing two recent polls, by Quinnipiac University and Pew Research Center, showing Elon Musk is unpopular with Americans. “Pew’s findings put Musk 12 points under, with 54 percent of respondents reporting an unfavorable view of the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, compared to 42 percent with a favorable view. More specifically, 36 percent reported a very unfavorable view of Musk, and 11% reported a very favorable opinion… Quinnipiac’s poll results Monday paint a similar picture, but with different questions. 55 percent of voters polled believe Musk has too big a role in the government, compared to 36 percent who think he’s got just enough power and a small minority of 3 percent who said they think he has too little power…Of the independent voters polled, 56 percent said they thought Musk has too much power, versus 33 percent who said he has the right amount and 4 percent who think he needs more.” Russia the clear winner in Trump’s unhinged attacks on ally Zelensky… No one appreciates Donald Trump’s recent barrage of personal attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as much as Vladimir Putin. A CNN analysis by Nick Paton Walsh notes, “Last week, Trump hinted he felt Zelensky’s poll numbers were low and he would have to face elections, but Tuesday night he dug deeper, falsely stating the wartime leader was at 4 per cent favorability and Ukraine had started the war. This is pretty close to Kremlin talking points. Moscow has been at pains to incorrectly suggest Ukraine’s imminent joining of NATO was behind its unprovoked attack in 2022, and that Zelensky is illegitimate as Ukraine has not undertaken the immense challenge of running elections in wartime.” When the White House and the Kremlin are on the same page, you know the world is in trouble. TRUMP'S DELUSIONS! EUROPE HAS SPENT AN EQUAL AMOUNT!
THE PENTAGON CAN'T PASS AN AUDIT DUE TO INCOMPETENCE! Cuts to military budget coming, allegedly… We’ll believe it when we see it. If there is one third rail when it comes to the federal budget, it’s not education or health care, it’s military spending. “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump’s priorities,” the Associate Press reports. “Hegseth has committed to redirecting Pentagon spending to more directly support warfighters. In a statement late Wednesday, Robert Salesses, who is performing the duties of deputy secretary of defense, said ‘the time for preparation is over’ and ‘excessive bureaucracy’ and programs targeting climate change or ‘other woke programs’ such as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives would be targeted.” Today’s Buzz Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo to host the Tony Awards… According to Entertainment Weekly, “On Wednesday, the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announced that Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will serve as host for this year's June 8th [Tony Awards] ceremony.” Said the star in a statement, “I am looking forward to ushering the theatre community at large through a night that celebrates the wonderful performances we have witnessed throughout the year. I hope I can rise to the occasion.”
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