A KREMLIN ASSET IN THE WHITE HOUSE

by Daniel Barge

Let's cut through the endless fog of obfuscation and distraction that the regime media churns out whenever inconvenient truths about Donald J. Trump are raised. No, this is not about the Epstein Files, it is about something far worse: Trump's 1987 trip to Moscow. 

The evidence and the dark picture it paints of this infamous trip isn't just compelling—it's overwhelming and, frankly, undeniable. A brash, ego-driven New York property developer, with serious financial problems and not a political bone in his body, flies into the heart of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, gets the red-carpet treatment from KGB-linked officials, stays in a bugged VIP suite, and emerges just weeks later to splash nearly $100,000 on full-page newspaper ads parroting classic Soviet propaganda lines.

Coincidence? Really? This was the moment the Kremlin hooked their long-term asset.

It all started in 1986 when Trump "caught the eye" of Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin after a chance meeting. Dubinin's daughter was apparently "obsessed with Trump Tower"—how convenient! Fast-forward to July 1987: Trump, accompanied by his Russian-speaking wife Ivana, jets off to Moscow on an invitation from Goscomintourist, the state tourism agency deeply intertwined with the KGB. He tours potential hotel sites, including spots near the Kremlin, and holes up in the Lenin Suite at the National Hotel—a notorious KGB honeytrap den rigged with microphones and cameras in every corner.

Former KGB officers aren't shy about what happened next. Yuri Shvets, a major in the agency at the time, has detailed how the Soviets targeted Trump as a "perfect mark": vain, ambitious, and drowning in debt from his Atlantic City casinos. They flattered him relentlessly, dangled big deals, and likely set up the usual kompromat operations—women, booze, whatever sticks. And now, in 2025, ex-KGB bigwig Alnur Mussayev has gone public on Facebook, stating flat-out that his directorate recruited the then-40-year-old Trump in 1987, assigning him the codename "Krasnov." Mussayev even hints the file is now privately held by one of Putin's inner circle. No real evidence? That's how these operations work—deniability is the point.

But what's the payoff for the Russians, as even the most prescient of them could hardly realise that this blonde 1980s buffoon would one day go on to make all their dreams come true? Actually, they cashed in their Trump chip for a rather petty end, namely a feeble influence op.

Trump returned home and on September 2, 1987, published at the Kremlin's behest an open letter in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe. This letter is now often forgotten, but it is a blatant attack on US Defence policy, especially America's global commitments, tailored for the strong strain of isolationism that has always existed in America. The name at the bottom is Trump's but the voice is the Kremlin's.

Here is the full text:

"There's nothing wrong with America's Foreign Defense Policy that a little backbone can't cure. An open letter from Donald J. Trump on why America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves. For decades, Japan and other nations have been taking advantage of the United States. The saga continues unabated as we defend the Persian Gulf, an area of only marginal significance to the United States for its oil supplies, but one upon which Japan and others are almost totally dependent. Why are these nations not paying the United States for the human lives and billions of dollars we are losing to protect their interests? This situation is bad enough, but far worse is the fact that we are protecting them while they take economic advantage of us. Japan, for example, a country that we protect with our military might, is killing us economically. The world is laughing at America's politicians as we protect ships we don't own, carrying oil we don't need, destined for allies who won't help. It's time for us to end our vast deficits by making Japan and others who can afford it pay. Our world protection is worth hundreds of billions of dollars to these countries and their stake in the protection is far greater than ours. America is being taken advantage of. Let's not let our great country be laughed at anymore. We Americans are laughed at around the world for losing control of our foreign policy. We have become the world's patsy. It's time for a change. Make America great again.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump"

In view of everything that has happened since, this all sounds incredibly familiar right down to the MAGA bit.

Now this sounds "Trumpian" but it's straight out of the KGB playbook—"active measures" designed to undermine NATO alliances, portray the US as a sucker propping up ungrateful partners, and promote America's retreat from the wider world. The Soviets had been pushing this narrative since the 1950s to fracture Western unity.

Trump's ad amplified it perfectly right and came after his Moscow love-in. The timing alone screams orchestration. Look at the pattern: decades of failed Moscow hotel pursuits, Russian money bailing out Trump's bankruptcies in the '90s, his endless Putin praise, the 2016 campaign's Russian ties, and now a presidency that bends toward Kremlin interests as much as is possible in what is still a democracy with a track record for standing up to military expansionist dictators.

The 1987 trip wasn't the business flop that Trump apologists try to claim—it was a recruitment success story for the Soviets. Sure, the letter had little impact at the time, mainly because Americans could see straight through it as the Cold War entered its final lap, but Trump became something even better for the Kremlin, a "super sleeper" agent who would go all the way to the White House. Trump visited Moscow, but it was a Russian agent called "Krasnov" who returned, and has been playing his role ever since, weakening America from within.

Why else would a so-called "populist," who in the past has done anything he can to get to get elected, constantly take up positions that have no appeal to the American public and only serve to weaken his position? Polls show that the vast majority of Americans believe that America should continue to send weapons to Ukraine, increase its assistance, and oppose any cessation of Ukrainian territory. They also hate that tariffs that Trump has rolled out in order to disrupt America's relations with key allies, like Japan, the EU, and Britain.

These are all extremely unpopular policies, which this so-called "populist" President only pushes because they suit his master in the Kremlin. The undeniable reality is that Trump is nothing but a Putin asset in the White House, and the Kremlin's biggest fear is that Americans might wake up to this fact.