No puppet!

Журналист-исследователь Крэйг Унгер, который до этого писал о связях Трампа с российской организованной преступностью, выпустил на ту же тему новую книжку House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia.



New Republic публикует главу из книги - о событиях вокруг печально известной поездки в Москву в 1987:
https://newrepublic.com/article/150646/young-trump-went-russia

Принципиально новой информации нет, но добавляется контекста - в частности о слежке за Иваной Трамп со стороны ГБ Чехословакии (StB), находящейся на связи с КГБ СССР.

Meanwhile, the Czech secret police filed a classified report dated October 22, 1988, saying that “as a wife of D. TRUMP she receives constant attention ... and any mistake she would make could have immense consequences for him.”
In addition, the StB report made two noteworthy revelations. For the first time, it was clear that Trump had decided he would run for president. The question was timing. “Even though it [his presidential prospects] looks like a utopia,” the awkwardly translated report said, “D. TRUMP is confident he will succeed.” Only 42, the report added, Trump planned to run as an independent candidate in 1996, eight years hence.
Finally, the StB file made one more curious observation about Trump’s political future: It said he was being pressured to run for president. And exactly where was the pressure coming from? Could it have been kompromat from the honey trap in Moscow? Unfortunately, the answer was unclear.

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