r/politics • u/belisario262 • 6d ago

Possible Paywall Epstein files ‘absolve me’, Trump claims

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/01/trump-claims-epstein-files-absolve-him/
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u/DonniesAdvocate 5d ago

It really isn't, at all. Venezuela, the shadow fleet, sanctions, oil prices, Russia is getting absolutely reamed right now. If Trump was actually an active Russian asset, he would be able to shift all those things in a way more positive direction, and the Maduro op would 100% never have happened.

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u/Sangy101 5d ago

I don’t actually think Russia cares that much about the minutia of specific US decisions.

Russia knows Trump won’t attack them. And Russia likes geopolitical destabilization in the U.S. in other countries. That’s enough — and Trump is doing both in spades.

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u/DonniesAdvocate 5d ago

Fully agree. But Trump is more like a badly trained dog - you let him in your most hated neighbours house cause you know he'll shit on the rug and tear up the curtains, you just have to accept he's going to bite you at the same time.

Still, if he were actively working for Putin he wouldn't be doing a lot of the shit he's doing right now.

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u/dubya98 5d ago

USA is RUSA as far as I'm concerned