United States vs. Russian relations

Dear Editor,

The President has recently disregarded America’s long-time allies, particularly the European Union, in order to destroy the “Left” and enhance his ego. One way to understand this is to look at who could benefit from some decisions made. 

The principal foreign recipient is Russia’s Vladimir Putin. To a devious dictator, the only ‘safe’ way to prevent the hounds of justice from threatening his multibillion-dollar corrupt enterprise is not to destroy America (too costly), but to instill a virus of discontent and division into American society. Create an American paper tiger while keeping his uninformed Russians at bay. 

Observing through the looking glass of history, the beginning of this division took root from the visit of one man. At the end of President Reagan’s effective anti-communist administration, an aggressive, ego-driven developer-entrepreneur visited the USSR in July 1987. Intourist, the KGB-run Soviet travel agency, arranged this visit. Every foreign visitor of potential “value” is monitored, profiled and, if considered promising as an asset, cultivated to benefit Russia. 

As a result, this proprietor became a psychological target and is treated as a potential asset, whereby they would bring him to Moscow and feed him with Kremlin talking points.

Within weeks after returning stateside, this proprietor spent over $94,000 on full-page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and the Boston Globe—not about real estate—instead attacked defense spending for allies, NATO’s purpose and the role in protecting Japan and Saudi Arabia. This proprietor considered himself “America’s fresh voice” and, coincidentally, projected KGB talking points. 

This same businessman has had repeated bankruptcies and has become dependent on shady Russian oligarchs buying his properties at inflated prices. These financial dealings became leverage. When Russia invaded Ukraine, he tried to withhold aid from Ukraine. In Helsinki in 2018, when asked if he believed Putin tried to help him win the election of 2016, as the Mueller Report cited, he said: “I don’t see any reason why it would be.”

This same entrepreneur has taken America to war with Iran, which reduces American aid to Ukraine’s defense because Ukraine would not help him politically. He has attacked NATO’s purpose for not supporting the war with Iran, a war that directly helps Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Meanwhile, he has lifted all sanctions on Russia. Military officers under his authority have been fired for undisclosed reasons, weakening our country’s defense. Iran has helped Russia by sending advanced drones to Russia, while Russia sends vital information to Iran about the US military. 

The war has increased the value of Russian oil and gas, and this entrepreneur has benefited financially from his alliance with Russia. Defense spending for all our allies has been significantly reduced. Again, helping Putin and Russia.

Russian intel officers seek “useful idiots and unwitting agents” who are financially vulnerable, who desire fame or power or revenge, and are flattered, influenced, or blackmailed into serving Russian interests without even realizing it. 

Our businessman meets each of these criteria while he can be briefed and nudged repeatedly, thereby effectively helping Russia and Vladimir Putin.

DR James, Eureka, Montana