A former Soviet intelligence officer has sensationally claimed that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov”
Donald Trump considers Putin an ally, it’s being reported (Image: Getty Images )
A startling claim has emerged from a former Soviet intelligence officer, alleging Donald Trump was enlisted by the KGB in 1987, and given the codename “Krasnov.”
Alnur Mussayev, a 71-year-old ex-chief of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, made the claim in a Facebook post, which comes right after Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Trump to come for a visit.
During his tenure in the 6th Directorate of the KGB, which focused on counter-intelligence support within the economy, Mussayev stated that recruiting capitalists was a key objective, reports the Irish Star.
According to Mussayev, Trump, then a 40-year-old real estate developer in New York, became one of these capitalist recruits in 1987.
He wrote in his post: “In 1987, our directorate recruited Donald Trump under the pseudonym Krasnov.”
According to a former Soviet spy, the KGB tried to recruit Trump in the 1980s (Image: Getty)
However, he didn’t provide any concrete evidence to back up his claims.
In a subsequent comment, Mussayev levied another shocking accusation, where he said: “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.”
These claims resurface amid enduring speculation surrounding Trump’s relationship with Russia, which began in 1987 when he visited Moscow to discuss building a hotel.
Soviet officials reportedly orchestrated the trip, sparking debate among intelligence circles as to whether it was a standard business venture or something more sinister.
A report from years past shed light on a 1985 update to a covert personality questionnaire by the KGB, aimed at its operatives, on how to pinpoint and recruit influential Western individuals.
According to sources in the intelligence community, the document directed agents to focus on “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.”
The assertions made by Mussayev seem to imply that Trump could have been a target of such recruitment efforts.
Despite intense examination over the years, Trump has consistently refuted any allegations of inappropriate connections with Russia or collusion with Putin.
Nonetheless, several US officials have persistently voiced apprehensions about his seemingly close rapport with the Kremlin chief, especially during his initial presidential term.
Adding to the enigma, Anthony Scaramucci, who had a brief stint as Trump’s White House communications director in 2017, weighed in on the matter during a recent installment of The Rest is Politics podcast.
He said:”I think there is a mysterious ‘hold’ on the president.”
Scaramucci left the details of the “hold” unclear but hinted that various ex-Trump administration officials also grappled with Trump’s apparent preference for Putin.
He added: “I don’t know why it’s like this”
“McMaster couldn’t figure it out, Mattis couldn’t figure it out, Kelly couldn’t figure it out.”
