What does Putin have on him?
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I stand by this series. The Russians did not help him steal the election w/o keeping proof that he was on board with doing so. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/02/the-mueller-questions-map-out-cultivation-a-quid-pro-quo-and-a-cover-up-part-one-cultivation/ …
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I personally don't find these two theories contradictory. They can both be true. (And I'm interested in
@emptywheel's aside re: Trump familiarity with blackmail as I suspect he was extorting public officials and selling scandals when the info wasn't personally advantageous.) - 1 more reply
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Kompromat and blackmail are not identical, although kompromat can be used for blackmail. Part of its usefulness is that the victim actually does not know how much there is, or even if it’s all true. The false stuff is dangerous if you can’t defend yourself.
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Thanks. I not only stand by what I said but also assure you I understand the worries about RU having dirt on you.
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The narrative that Trump is some ingénue brimming with naïveté is beyond ridiculous and wholly indefensible at this point. The public record of his life and business dealings is replete with facts that demonstrably prove the opposite is true.
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Which is why Trump has to put up with being mocked, appearing weak and why he gaslights the public with stupid would/wouldn't crap to try to mediate it. Putin has the upper hand and he knows it.
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What about this is silly: (MT) "Trump may have laundered money for a business partner from the former Soviet Union or other financial crime. Now he fears there is kompromat out there but he doesn’t know precisely what it is, who has it, or what might set them off."
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Trump is almost certainly blackmailing senior people within the Republican party at this point so I'm pretty sure he knows the process quite will.
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My takeaway from the NYer article was that one of the key controls is the subject’s uncertainty of exactly “where they stand”. Makes sense to me. Obviously trump knows what he did, but maybe doesn’t know how much they have or how they’ll use it.
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The look on his face when exited the meeting speaks volumes. Putin threatened his money and status
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I think it has to be quite a bit worse than just a "pee pee tape". After all the disgraceful bullshit Trump has gotten by with the past 18 months, right out in the open, some weird sex tape isn't going to sink him. Look at the allegations the BBC ran just yesterday.
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Putin has Trumps tax returns
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Can I find the article interesting and not agree with its premise?
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I don’t think he’s saying Trump doesn’t know what Putin has, just that he’s totally ignorant of the system he will now never escape because of it.
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Wait, their first quoted expert on how to recognize a spy was Ames’s supervisor?
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Couldn’t agree more.
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I subscribe to this idea as well. There most likely is some form of kompromat, but there doesn't have to be. Trump is VOLUNTARILY siding w Putin bc he doesnt just like Putin, HE WANTS TO BE PUTIN. Trump wants to be a dictator.
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