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HOW DONALD TRUMP DESTROYED AMERICA

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Elizabeth Graham Dec 18

One Christmas many, many years ago in a land far away from the Denver home that I loved, my oldest daughter decided to come to Russia as a “surprise present” for me for the holidays. Since my youngest daughter told me of Lize’s arrival, I did everything in my power to act surprised and internally grateful – which was not difficult. It was a joy to see her, to keep her close, and to spend time together during the holiday period. I didn’t know at the time that Lize had already chosen to divorce her husband of one year and remain in Russia.

Besides her loving presence, she brought me a copy of Robert Fulgrum’s book called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. He was a genius with words. In his preface, he wrote:

Finally, I should tell you that I have an official Storyteller’s License. A friend made it up and taped it to the wall above my desk. This license gives me permission to use my imagination in rearranging my experience to improve a story, so long as it serves some notion of truth. It also contains the Storyteller’s creed:

· I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

· That dreams are more powerful than facts.

· That hope always triumphs over experience.

· That laughter is the only cure for grief.

· And I believe that love is stronger than death.

I have tried very hard to not write anything that would cause my license to be revoked. – Robert Fulgrum

This edition of Fulgrum’s book was published in 1988 by Ballalntine Books. The same year that I began to travel to the Soviet Union.

Even after dedicating eight years to learning Russian, and two years or more living with a Russian woman every other month, arriving in the immense city of Moscow left me feeling childlike and inexperienced – so much to learn.

Somewhere along this path, the one thing that I lost was my sense of humor. My father enjoyed making people laugh, and I inherited that trait. Smiling and laughing were part of my daily routine until I arrived in Moscow. Jokes that were amusing in the US made little sense here, and the same was true in reverse—and in Moscow, everything feels incredibly serious. The obvious reason was that life in Moscow was so much more difficult than in the up-scale neighborhood where I lived in Denver.

Under Communism, people struggled, incomes were amazingly low, good food was scarce – especially meat, and I could no longer hop in the car, drive to the local supermarket, and buy whatever I wanted. To substitute for the doleful living conditions, people were dedicated to communism – just as much as Americans were committed to democracy. – perhaps more. It was like a religion and a belief that was holistic and all-embracing. Cities were safe, and any street crime was swiftly punished by prison time. People meticulously dressed and boots were daily polished before going outside again in the dirty Moscow snow. I was one of the few Americans to experience this lifestyle directly, spending two years living with a Russian Communist whose daily life I came to know well and respect.

Russian lifestyles included strong family ties including grandparents, hospitality, a sense of community, deep respect for elders, and frequent social gatherings – often at a countryside dacha. At such events, we always removed our shoes at home, ate homemade jams and pickles, sensed pride in patriotism, shared a blend of ancient customs, and laughed. It took me several years to fully grasp Russian humor – which often made fun of the dire living conditions. Russian humor gains much of its wit from the inflection of the Russian language.” (Wikipedia) While I was taught the “Russian words”, the inflection is not learned unless you live there. For instance, “going left”- with the right intention means “doing something illegal or off-track.”

With the fall of Communism, chaos resulted. People were without income to buy food and the essentials of life. Free healthcare switched to “pay for services.” And crime blanketed every street corner.

One friend was the Soviet Deputy Director of Finance. He lost his prestigious job and salary. About 18 months later, he was involved with a fraudulent newly formed Moscow bank and wanted to use my passport to transfer money from a New York bank to Moscow.

Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) is recognized as a significant political leader whose legacy reflects both his failed leadership and the endless challenges he faced, including his documented issues with alcoholism. For nearly ten years, the Russian government and the Russian society fell apart. Factories stopped working, unemployment was rampant, traditional Russian and cultural lifestyles changed, and a wave of liberal democratic movements resulted in the collapse of communism.

By 1991, Mr. Putin had returned from his KGB “spy” job in Germany. His first political position was as the Vice Mayor of the city of St. Petersburg – a city then known as the most corrupt in all of Russia. At the request of Yeltsin, Putin played a key role in establishing the new FSB as a successor agency to the KGB, which was internationally recognized for its covert operations. He ciphered millions of western dollars into Russian bank accounts and gained control of the chaotic Russian government. He stabilized Russia but also reverted it to a state reminiscent of Stalin’s era, marked by espionage and fear.

Russian spies, known as “illegals,” operate deep undercover using false identities to infiltrate societies, gather intelligence, and influence policy, often posing as ordinary citizens with jobs, families, and blending into communities for years, as seen in the 2010 FBI bust of deep-cover agents like Anna Chapman, highlighting methods from diplomatic cover to recruiting within target nations and recent use of countries like Mexico for operations against the U.S. There are two types of Russian spies: the “Illegals” operate under deep cover, while the “legals” have official cover making them harder to expel.

Putin blames the US for the collapse of the Soviet Union and communism and has targeted our country for destruction. Russian operatives commonly recruit local individuals for their activities. Mr. Oleg Kalugin, a retired senior director of the KGB “illegals” in the US for decades, has confirmed that during his timeframe, the Russians had over 300 assets in the U.S. – including Donald Trump. (Interview with Criag Unger, the bestselling NYT’s author of books on Russia and Trump)

I possess extensive firsthand knowledge of the recruitment process, gained through many years of direct experience. Mr. Trump was treated like royalty, was loaned money, was provided Russian (KGB) prostitutes, and was lured and trapped. Today, the majority of Trump’s income comes from Russian sources.

Reflecting on the fall of communism, Putin’s rise, and Russian hardships reveals a comparison that would alarm any American. For the past ten years since Trump rose to national attention, he has been hard at work juggling his American image against his Russian burden – the relationship which pays his bills.

Donald Trump has destroyed America – from the closure of USAID and massive deaths in Africa, to the unsubstantiated bombing of boats in the Caribbean which is murder, to the measles outbreak due to Mr. Kennedy’s obsession with cutting vaccines, to the rising unemployment rate in the US, to his ridiculous and farcical tariffs which impose large import duties on American manufactures and retail stores, - in which you and I pay at the stores, to the government closure that cost Americans an estimated $54 billion, to the demolition of the White House East Wing estimated to cost $400 million to rebuild, and to his Big Bill which eliminates health care for millions of Americans and reduces funding to rural hospitals – impacting the lives of farmers who feed America and who lost billions of dollars in federal contracts to grow crops to feed the world’s poor when USAID closed.

The facts are clear. The collapse of communism in Russia and the decline of democracy in the United States share indistinguishable similarities.

How Donald Trump Destroyed The US: Visit https://democrazy2020.org and watch the video.