The Russians cultivated their relationship with Trump for 40 years. First as an asset of the USSR and then as a Russian asset. They had a clear understanding as to how to get on Trump's good side and the ability to get Trump to parrot Russian talking points.
“For the KGB, it was a charm offensive. They had collected a lot of information on his personality so they knew who he was personally. The feeling was that he was extremely vulnerable intellectually, and psychologically, and he was prone to flattery.
“This is what they exploited. They played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality and believed this is the guy who should be the president of the United States one day: it is people like him who could change the world. They fed him these so-called active measures soundbites and it happened. So it was a big achievement for the KGB active measures at the time.”
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