The Daily Beast Publishes, Then Deletes Story Alleging Trump Was Recruited by Soviet Spies
The Daily Beast Publishes, Then Deletes Story Alleging Trump Was Recruited by Soviet Spies
publishes, and then deletes
And thereby assuring that the story goes viral.
Streisand effect still going strong.
And avoids a lawsuit. Seems like a win all round.
There's no way they legitimately lose a suit reporting about what someone else said. Sure, Trump would sue, but he should lose. The issue is he's the president and will wield his power to strike them down if they don't obey.
lets, eh, be honest here.
Everybody knows he's a russian stooge.
Sure, but the question is whether he was recruited or whether he just like what Putin does to him in private.
“Just liking what Putin does to him in private” is one method of recruitment.
It's funny that the evidence of Trump being a Russian asset is always some rumored connection with a KGB person, not the fact that he extremely reliably and consistently acts exactly like a Russian asset.
Something tells me Daily Beast editors live in an appartment building and are afraid of sudden Russian death syndrome.
I'd say it was deleted after a threat of legal retaliation from the oval office, just like with the Maine governor.
Saying Trump was a Rus. ASSet give him some credibility of intelligence. He would have to be smart to do what he did in an effort to further Russian plans.
He is a moron manipulated by Russian assets, to believe this narcissistic idiot that he is the rightful king of America
People who are intelligent tend to not make deals with foreign nations to betray their own.
They don't want smart people, they already have really smart people taken from the homeland and employed as spies. What they really want is greedy people who can be controlled and manipulated - assets that are given everything they desire, and told to do as the boss says or they'll take it all away and make life miserable for them again.
They need to be somewhat smart though. I find it hard to believe Trump could go 35 years without outing himself.
This is one of those things that wouldn't surprise me in the least. Something has felt "off" for a while between him and Russia. But I'm not gonna go spreading it around as if it's fact if I have no evidence.
Especially as there's more than enough reason to impeach and prosecute him even if he isn't an outright asset
Can't imagine this staying up anywhere under US jurisdiction.
You know, it is still mind blowing to me that people will share stuff like this (an accusation of espionage based on one Russian Facebook post), and then be surprised, when a lot of people actually believe Trumps "fake news" BS. One of the reasons Trump was able to win is that the Democrats and their supporters completely tanked their credibility with anyone still capable of critical thinking.
Polling shows most Trump voters would not have voted for him if they were better informed, but of course they won't be informed if there is no trustworthy mainstream source of information.
Of course, this is why there have been many studies that show that [https://www.dw.com/en/democrats-vs-republicans-who-spots-fake-news-more/a-68034903](Republicans share more fake news and believe fake news ) more than Democrats.
There have been many trustworthy news sites that could inform them, but there are many more that randomly claim that there aren't any and that many spouting doubts slowly adds up. (It's how the vaccine hesitancy happened, not a lack of trustworthy news, but a small army spouting a ton of BS to make people questions everything.)
Yeah, I don't put any trust in this news for two reasons.
First, it could just be bullshit. It doesn't seem verifiable.
Second, it's exactly what Russia would do. They want to sow division.
However, I still believe he's a Russian agent, or something just as useful, because of the way he acts. I don't need further evidence than that. He couldn't act more like a Russian agent if he tried.
However, I still believe he's a Russian agent, or something just as useful, because of the way he acts. I don't need further evidence than that. He couldn't act more like a Russian agent if he tried.
But that is the tragedy of the situation. There are so many awful things Trump does with incontrovertible evidence, but they are drowned out in conjectures, hyperboles and outright lies.
We've entered the era of broadcasting* licenses being brandished as weapons in direct opposition to free press 1st amendment rights. We're gonna see a couple real ones come out of this and a whole lot of propaganda slop.
You don’t any kind of publishing license for a website in the USA. Or for anything, really.
What are you referring to?
Sorry, I guess that would be broadcasting, and DB doesn't to my knowledge broadcast anything. I do wonder why they line up to play ball then.
Trump is a Chinese spy, a true patriot of China. He’s misses home so much he insists wearing a red tie risking getting exposed of his true identity.
It looks like the Wayback Machine archive of the original article is down now too, presumably at the request of The Daily Beast... :(
Nah, it's just a bit slow at the moment. I just checked it again and it's available:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250221153932/https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-intelligence-officer-alnur-mussayev-claims-kgb-recruited-donald-trump-under-codename-krasnov/
There are different versions of the article up there!