Craig Unger, journalist and NYT bestselling author of House of Trump, House of Putin, has written a book tracing Donald Trump's dealing with the Russian mafia going back more than 30 years. He alleges that the Russian mafia used and uses trump real estate business as a money laundering scheme. He also alleged that the Russian mafia had invested heavily in republican candidates and that all major republican elected officials, especially members of Congress are under the pay roll of the Russian mafia.


You can watch his interview here;
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/new-book-looks-at-trump-s-ties-to-russian-mafia-1299372099523

You can also see his question and answer session on reddit here; https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/a1ip6e/im_craig_unger_journalist_and_nyt_bestselling/

A US president depending on Russian mafia, that is to tell you the Russians are more powerful than the Americans.

mysticwarrior:
A US president depending on Russian mafia, that is to tell you the Russians are more powerful than the Americans.

It a more effective war strategy. Remember Putin was the head of KGB for a long time. The strategy involves sponsoring prominent US citizens, especially those with shady business dealings, to political office and then using intelligence agencies to prosecute cyber wars (hacking emails of political leaders and spreading misinformation ) and finally helping their collaborators get elected into office
Putins goals are to break up NATO, break up Europe, break up both military and economic alliances of the US and have freedom to control it's neighbours without US backlash, and finally cause a huge political division and crisis within the US. Putin has achieved all these goals without firing a single bullet and at a cost less that a few cruise missiles.

We are waiting for Trump's tax returns to see how he was able to overcome four bankruptcies and became a billionaire, all within 20 years.