A Russian-controlled puppet placed in the White House was the stuff of Cold War paranoia and pop culture
Putin has done what the Soviets long dreamed of accomplishing- a Russian-controlled puppet placed in the White House.
The vodka must be flowing in hell as Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev are gleefully toasting each other in what Vlad has achieved.
Once the stuff of cold war paranoia, spy novels and movies, the Russians have infiltrated our democracy and placed an asset in the White House.
Putin has achieved the objectives which Russia has been pursuing for decades, namely expanding Russian sphere of influence and undermining the US as a dominant international force especially in Europe. Putin’s long dream was to separate the U.S. from NATO, breaking up a strong alliance for 80 years.
If there was any doubt, the headlines painted the new reality- “U.S. Sides with Russia in UN Vote.”
Putin has Trump in his deep pocket
Putin has been playing the long game and the KGB has been working Trump for decades.
Two former Soviet intelligence officers—Alnur Mussayev and Yuri Shvets—are saying it outright: Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, under the code name Krasnov groomed as an asset, and remains under Russian control to this day.
According to Mussayev, Trump was identified, recruited, and compromised by the KGB in 1987 during his first trip to Moscow.
They saw him for what he was: a narcissistic, greedy, attention-starved buffoon who could be easily manipulated. The KGB flattered him, promised him business deals, and planted the seeds of political ambition in his empty little head. And from that moment on, he was their man.
But Mussayev isn’t alone. Former KGB major Yuri Shvets said the exact same thing in 2021: Trump was cultivated by Soviet intelligence because he was an easy mark—too stupid to realize he was being played, too egotistical to care. They saw him as a useful idiot—a man who could one day be nudged into power, a walking, talking Trojan Horse for Russian interests.
And now? The plan has worked. Trump spent four years in office weakening America from within, got booted out, and now he’s back.
In his second term, Trump is more openly pro-Putin than ever. He has made it clear that he will not protect NATO allies from Russian aggression. He is actively dismantling America’s alliances, just as Russia planned.
It is hard to overstate how America’s global standing has collapsed in six weeks.
The jaw-dropping spectacle we all saw on Friday between Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office, the bullying and battering with a fellow democracy in favor of Putin makes it clear where Trump’s loyalty lies.
Trump is quietly selling the country to the Kremlin
The accusations of Russia’s interference in our government has sent a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The terror of the Red Menace infiltrating our country is brought back and is chillingly familiar.
It is a familiar cold war doomsday scenario brought into the 21st century.
Red Menace
The fear of Russian intervention, not only militarily but politically, was a common thread throughout my mid-century childhood. Americans were convinced hidden communists were lurking everywhere, secretly infiltrating our government, including our very own state department.
Like those two scheming cartoon villains Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, those no goodnick spies carrying out Fearless Leader’s secret evil plots, Russians were sinister, sneaky plotters carrying out covert actions just waiting to overthrow a government…including our own.
Russian Menace
Now that evidence mounts that the Russians stole the White House for Donald Trump in 2016, the candidate handpicked by Comrade Putin, it is a scenario eerily straight out of the pages of any number of post-war cautionary tales.
Even the techniques they used, misinformation and manipulation of the press, creating divisiveness while pitting citizens against each other to weaken us, are the exact same devices we were warned were favored by the Soviets to undermine us:
“His aim is to make you hate your fellow-man and keep you blind to the important things in life. He wants to make you forget the importance of your right to vote as you please—to say what you please—to go where you please.”
Is This Tomorrow?
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
One famous 1947 comic book entitled “Is This Tomorrow – America Under Communism” was an over the top tale typical of the time, alerting us of the dangers of a Russian takeover. Over 48 colorful pages, it illustrated just how easy it would be for the Reds to take over the U.S.
File this under Truth is Stranger Than Comic Fiction Department.
It Can’t Happen Here:
The comic opens with a dire warning to the young reader:
IS THIS TOMORROW is published for the one purpose – TO MAKE YOU THINK! To make you more alert to the menace of Communism. “Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
Taking their orders directly from Moscow, the story revolves around a group of American Communists led by a man named “Jones” and his propaganda advisor “Brown”, a sinister Steve Bannon character who explains how they will manipulate the American media as a precursor to their Kremlin-approved takeover of the U.S.
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
They manipulate strike leaders, and stoke racial, class and religious hatred to help weaken America for the Communists’ eventual takeover.
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
Race baiting and taking advantage of the things that divided this country worked to their advantage.
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
After the plot to assassinate the president and vice president is successful, the party operatives have successfully infiltrated the government and Jones controls the Speaker of the House (who is now the new president ). Behind the scenes, Jones becomes the”Chief Advisor” and expands the Executive Powers.
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
Destabilizing journalism as a check on the power of government is quickly implemented. Anyone critical is swiftly punished and unfavorable newspapers are denied newsprint until they agree with the party line.
Telephone systems and radio networks are now nationalized.
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
“Is This Tomorrow” published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1947
INCREDIBLE?
“Did our story seem incredible? It is unbelievable—that such a small group could ever dream of enforcing its will upon the majority. But remember that a group for smaller than the number of Communists living and working in America today seized control of Russia in 1917.
No one can refuse to believe what he knows to be true. And we do know that every method shown in this presentation has been used by the Communists in their rise to power in other countries. Starvation, murder, slavery, force—those are the tools the Communists use to carry out the doctrine of Communism.
The Communists are preparing to seize control of America in any crisis. This crisis, real or contrived—will be there signal to move in… and make their bid for power.
This crisis might begin with a flood in Pennsylvania—a drought in the Middle West. Or it might begin with a general strike in some of our large industrial cities—New York—Detroit—Chicago—San Francisco.
It happened in Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and country after country, the world over.
WHERE DO YOU COME IN?
You are the one with whom the Communist is struggling right now. His aim is to make you hate your fellow man and keep you blind to the important things in life. He wants to make you forget the importance of your right to vote as you please—to say what you please—to go where you please—to worship as you please. The Communist really wants you to forget all your rights to individual freedom and liberty.
But you cannot assume your individual rights without assuming individual responsibility.
If you want to keep on living, you must know who the Communists are—and their methods of working. You must recognize the Communist Party line in action and separate Communist propaganda from the factual news of the day.
You are on the defensive in this battle. You owe it to yourself to know all about the invader. He knows more about you than you suspect.
Laughable for its implausibility, it’s not quite so funny now.
Are the Russians coming? It looks like they are already here.
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