I don't think you have to go that far
"asset" to me implies he's under some level of control, that he's being extorted or coerced by kompromat, etc. I think that's difficult to swallow.
Moreover I don't think you need to go there to explain his actions. It's enough to chalk up all the unctuous fawning to a simple level of peer envy. He kisses up to Putin (and others) and because he wants to be Putin: the ultimate mob boss, ruling by whim, pillaging the world, free to do whatever he wants without accountability.
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- Hegseth again today "May Jesus Christ protect our troops." -
Grantland,
2026-03-19, 06:38
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- Bessent suggesting we lift oil sactions on-- get this: - Jay, 2026-03-19, 13:01
- When the Holy Land is finally united under Israeli control -
atxND,
2026-03-19, 07:51
- Quantum Physics.
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Grantland,
2026-03-19, 08:47
- Peter Thiel is going to hell in the christian religion. -
San Pedro,
2026-03-19, 08:15
- The hypocrisy is overwhelming - Jeff (BGS), 2026-03-19, 08:43
- If you were the actual Anti-Christ… - atxND, 2026-03-19, 08:41
- Quantum Physics.
- WWJD -
Jay,
2026-03-19, 07:13
- I was in the West Bank last month -
PhillyNDFan,
2026-03-19, 14:47
- amazing. what were you up to over there? -
Jay,
2026-03-19, 20:21
- Was my 2nd time -
PhillyNDFan,
2026-03-19, 21:23
- When you have a compilation -
nedhead,
2026-03-19, 21:26
- Yes Please! -
Joe I,
2026-03-20, 06:10
- Yes Please!
- When you have a compilation -
nedhead,
2026-03-19, 21:26
- Was my 2nd time -
PhillyNDFan,
2026-03-19, 21:23
- perfect -
Busco21,
2026-03-19, 17:10
- hell yeah -
KGB,
2026-03-19, 16:58
- amazing. what were you up to over there? -
Jay,
2026-03-19, 20:21
- Really funny that we are fighting a war with (for?) Israel -
Grantland,
2026-03-19, 07:23
- They ain’t making Jews like Jesus anymore -
Flann,
2026-03-19, 17:27
- And I'll point out once again -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2026-03-19, 07:44
- Y'all think I'm a shill, but... -
nedhead,
2026-03-19, 16:16
- 100% agree with that. -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2026-03-20, 04:34
- Well, here I agree with you. - domer.mq, 2026-03-19, 16:41
- 100% agree with that.
- I really don’t care for conspiracy theories… -
bk,
2026-03-19, 11:13
- You don't need a conspiracy theory - Regular Joseph, 2026-03-19, 21:01
- I don't think you have to go that far -
Jay,
2026-03-19, 12:15
- I think this is correct, and Putin gets it and plays it. -
domer.mq,
2026-03-20, 06:19
- George Conway wrote 10k words in the Atlantic in 2019 - atxND, 2026-03-20, 07:39
- I think this is correct, and Putin gets it and plays it. -
domer.mq,
2026-03-20, 06:19
- I'm not a fan of them either -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2026-03-19, 11:36
- What Trumpers fail to understand is that he may be a Russian -
Grantland,
2026-03-19, 12:01
- he's an asset to all with power, money or flattery to spare -
KGB,
2026-03-19, 12:12
- he's an asset to all with power, money or flattery to spare
- What Trumpers fail to understand is that he may be a Russian -
Grantland,
2026-03-19, 12:01
- This. -
oviedoirish,
2026-03-19, 09:45
- Y'all think I'm a shill, but... -
nedhead,
2026-03-19, 16:16
- Definitely for, not with. America first doesn't apply here. -
San Pedro,
2026-03-19, 07:39
- although that seems to be fraying - Jay, 2026-03-19, 07:46
- They ain’t making Jews like Jesus anymore
- I was in the West Bank last month -
PhillyNDFan,
2026-03-19, 14:47