cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25921559
Link above goes to the Daily Kos post that discovered the scrubbing. Here’s the text of the original article:
Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump
Isabel Van Brugen – The Daily Beast – 21 February 2025
A former Soviet intelligence officer has alleged that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.”
Alnur Mussayev, 71, a former Kazakh intelligence chief, made the explosive claim in a Facebook post on Thursday. He claimed that he served in the 6th Directorate of the KGB in Moscow, which was responsible for counter-intelligence support within the economy. One of its key objectives, he claimed, was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”
Mussayev wrote that in 1987 “our directorate recruited Donald Trump, a 40-year-old American businessman, under the pseudonym Krasnov.”
He reiterated that the department specialized in recruiting spies and intelligence sources from the West, asserting once again that Trump had been brought into the fold.
“I hope I’ll survive a third assassination attempt,” he said in a comment below his post.
He made another shocking allegation in another comment, saying: “Today, the personal file of resident ‘Krasnov’ has been removed from the FSB. It is being privately managed by one of Putin’s close associates.”
Mussayev’s allegations, while unfounded, add to ongoing speculation about Trump’s connections to Russia. Trump’s first visit to Moscow as a real estate developer in 1987 drew intense scrutiny and speculation that the trip was arranged by the KGB for dubious reasons.
According to Politico, in 1985, the KGB updated a secret personality questionnaire distributed among the agency, advising case officers what to look for in a successful recruitment operation.
The document instructed agents to target “prominent figures in the West” with the goal of drawing them “into some form of collaboration with us… as an agent, or confidential or special or unofficial contact.”
Trump has denied any improper ties to Moscow or collusion with President Vladimir Putin.
The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House and Russia’s Foreign Ministry for comment.
U.S. officials have also expressed concerns about Trump’s relationship with Putin.
Anthony Scaramucci who briefly served as Trump’s White House communications director in 2017, said during an episode of “The Rest Is Politics: US” podcast with co-host Katty Kay on Friday that he thinks there is a mysterious “hold” on the president.
Scaramucci did not elaborate on what he believes that “hold” might be, adding only: “I don’t know why it’s like this. [H.R.] McMaster couldn’t figure it out, [James] Mattis couldn’t figure it out, [John] Kelly couldn’t figure it out.”
Sorry man, that’s not true. There’s a reason I’m not on lemmy world anymore. It was probably a rogue admin, but still it’s a thing.
I am literally on lemmy.world right now, it is my only instance, and I’m commenting on this thread because it appeared on my front page. I don’t know what to tell you other than you don’t seem to understand how this works.
Oh. you must have missed my edit on this thread:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/33259793
You might not know how this works? Maybe?
.world has been doing server maintenace today. There was a sticky about it and everything. So there are probably federation delays and timeouts to contend with but your inmediate go-to is to start spouting nonsense about “rogue admins.”
Yeah, okay. Sure.
Wow, you’ve spent a lot of time reddit. I had my comments removed a couple of times that didn’t show up in the log, but was by a certain admin. He said so. Wtf do you care anyway?
I know this might be a difficult concept for you to grasp, but when you post something… in the comments… in public, it prompts people to respond to your comment. Especially if what you said was nonsense.