Donald Trump was first spotted as a potential KGB asset in 1980 by the owner of Joy Lud Electronics, Sam Kislin, and cultivated as a Russian intelligence asset over the next 40 years.

For the first time, a former KGB officer has gone on the record to confirm that Donald Trump was an asset for Russian intelligence. The detailed claim is laid bare in Craig Unger’s new book, American Kompromat. Unger and the former KGB officer Yuri Shvets join L.B. and Zev Shalev on the latest Narativ and described the cultivation process in breathtaking detail.  

The Cultivation Of Donald Trump 1

From Joy Lud Electronics to the White House, the grooming of a Russian asset.

THE CULTIVATION OF DONALD TRUMP 2

Trump’s puppet presidency was a money making operation, just like his business was a money laundering vehicle for Russian intelligence.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein was a key member of a global arms trading network that sold weapons of war to the world’s most ruthless leaders.

Of the many terms used to describe Jeffrey Epstein’s tradecraft, international arms dealer rarely comes up. Epstein became globally infamous for trafficking in teenage girls and blackmailing politicians with compromising evidence of encounters with those women.

The human trafficking and blackmailing operation was just a means to an end – an elaborate cover story to protect from Epstein’s biggest secrets from leaking.

In this exclusive report, I reveal how Epstein was a key part of a global arms trading network which trafficked in weapons of war sold to countries mostly in the Middle East for decades.

I’m joined by Steve Hoffenberg, Epstein’s former business partner, strategic analyst Eric Garland and organized crime researcher @LincolnsBible.

Part 1: EPSTEIN, TRuMP AND a guy named ADNAN

In part 1, we trace the ties between Epstein, U.S. President Donald J. Trump and the world’s most famous arms trader, the late Adnan Khashoggi.

PArt 2: WASH AND FOLD

In Part 2, we look at the complex money laundering operation Epstein may have set up at Towers Financial to launder his profits of war.

PARt 3: THE AGENCY

In Part 3, we reveal that Epstein inherited some of his personal fortune from Robert Maxwell, but where did Maxwell get his fortune from?

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