Let's call it like it is please and stop sugar-coating the message. The Trump-Russia connection is a terrifying reality. The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy and American lives, and his influence and control over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment. The book called From Democracy to Democrazy reveals, in detail, Putin's carefully hidden plan to the American public - the facts, the evidence, and the proof.
The Trump followers - a unique modern phenomenon - have been unknowingly engaged in coercive control techniques (aka brainwashing) used daily by Donald Trump. Mass mind manipulations began in totalitarian countries about 100 years ago. It was/is used extensively in China, and during WWII days in Italy, Germany, Austria, and so on. Lo and behold we find the EXACT same methodologies used in the United States. It is defined as "telling lies over and over until it is perceived as the truth" (wikipedia) - like Trump's big lie about the election being stolen when Biden won by over 7 million votes. Once a person is convinced there may be little to no independent thought. If a lie contains hatred - which is used daily by Trump - it releases a chemical in the human brain to enact violence - what we saw on January 6th. If you doubt this works, only yesterday in Pennsylvania, a young man murdered his own father and beheaded him over an argument about Trump. Jim Jones was a cult leader who amassed a following of about 900 persons. He told them all to drink Koolaid laced with poison, and they followed his instructions. They all died. Hitler turned an entire peaceful nation info mass murderers and slaughtered over 6 million humans. It took WWII to stop Hitler.
I was at a book signing event at a Barnes and Noble in Tucson, AZ. A middle-aged woman came up to me and said "I think Putin is a great leader." I opened my mouth to respond, but was so shocked that nothing came out. These were the EXACT SAME WORDS (www.cnn.com) used by Trump one week prior and right after Putin invaded Ukraine.
BRAINWASHING WORKS AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE U.S. BY DONALD TRUMP. AND YES, HITLER USED THE EXACT SAME METHODOLOGIES. Putin, who was a Cold War-era spy, spent the majority of his spy years in East Germany. He acquired Hitler's methodologies and took them back to Russia, where he is now the foremost dangerous and ruthless dictator in the entire world. In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. Putin was assumed to be the ghost writer since this book explains his goals as the 2nd President of Russia. On top of his "wish list" is the destruction of the U.S. government and democracy - who he blames for the downfall of the USSR. He wants revenge and his number one tool is Donald Trump.
Russians use at least three tools to entrap a foreigner: flattery, money, and beautiful women. Trump was susceptible to all three. I know this because I lived and worked in communist and dictator-led countries for about 20 years. I personally went through the "wine and dine and flattery" process several times, was invited to join the KGB, but managed to avoid enlistment. Visit - www.democrazy2020.org
Trump visited Russia many, many times and began his relationship with Russians in 1987. Trump, in his gullible and ignorant ways, did not avoid entrapment. He was either caught and photographed with his pants down (Russian hotels where a foreigner stays has spy devices in the walls and ceilings), or swayed by money given to the Trump organization after U.S. banks refused to loan him funds (due to his four bankruptcies). In 2008, Trump Jr. announced at a NY conference that the Trump organization had received $100 million from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Russian banks, which are ALL controlled and managed by the KGB/FSB, do not loan money to a foreigner just to watch the interest grow on the balance. They give large sums of money for two reasons: (1) to launder black cash into another countries economy, and (2) to obligate a foreigner to work for Russia. So it appears that about ten years before Trump became the U.S. President, he was on the KGB payroll. Russian banks also gave $9.8 million to Marie LePen who is the French opposition presidential leader in an effort to overthrow the French government. (www.theguardian.com)
The Mueller Report failed to warn the American public about the Trump-Russia relationship. I believe this was because of the long-term friendship between Barr and Mueller, and the fact that Barr did not want to deal with a "treason" charge on his watch as the DA. The Jack Miller trial may not see the light of day before the election. Americans do not understand much outside of our four walls (borders). If the violent Trump followers do not wake up from their cult-like mindless behavior (which is doubtful) - they will aid Putin in his destruction of our country and hand over the keys to our democracy without even a fight. Putin is not our friend - as Trump would like the American public to believe - but our enemy.
I apologize for the length of this message, but it is important to connect the dots from Germany to Russia to the USA.
Just a question for Steven Levitsky. Did Hitler start out saying lets put Jewish people in camps and exterminate them or did he start by otherizing and calling them vermin? He's definitely understating how fascist and inhumane the GOP and Trump is....stealing newborns and small children and LOSING them to "deter immigration" stating unequivocally that you will round up, deport and place undocumented PEOPLE in tent camps on day 1, putting up razor wire that slices up people, including children, to "deter migration" extolling what a shame it is you cant murder people crossing the border (Abbot) is pretty close to Nazism, the targets are just different. How easy will it be to say brown people are vermin and deserving of extermination when you've degraded them enough by putting them in squalid camps? Also this? Steven Levitsky "tend to use exaggerated comparisons and exaggerated terms to describe our rivals". So if you’re on the right, everyone on the left is a communist"-demonstrably not true, dominated by free market neo libs in the Democratic party. "If you’re on the left, everyone on the right is a fascist."Who is saying this? AND to be fair the MAJORITY of the GOP house voted against certifying the election results, the MAJORITY of the GOP is exaggerating the border "crises" and using dehumanizing language about immigrants, the MAJORITY is supporting trump, the MAJORITY has stripped me of the right to control my own body to the extent that I may die, become sterile or lose a major bodily function (this is happening to women NOW) ALL BUT 1 GOP Governor is OPENLY (via a letter of support) advocating for trashing our constitution and system of checks and balances with allusions to resorting to violence to "protect the border" SO please god dont bothesides this. Dems are not overreacting we are reacting.
I disagree and agree with the author. Certainly, Levitsky is correct about the effects of dehumanizing behavior and how there are no Republicans, or even major media, that are decrying Trump’s inhumane words. And what that means for the country. But I disagree with his assessment of where we are, regardless of the difference between the US and early 1930s Germany. If Levitsky had written the book on Hitler in the early 1930s the author would have soft pedaled Hitler’s rhetoric and influence, as he is now doing with Trump, comparing it to some earlier authoritarian regime and noting differences. Our elected RW is much further advanced having been on this path since Newt and are fully ready to assist or takeover the authoritarian push.
And the non-mention of Putin and Russia, who has had its claws in Trump for more than 40’years, is a complete miss.
I’m struggling to get through this post. The rise of authoritarianism is a multi-actor phenomenon, a social movement. Trump has his role; others have theirs. With Project2025 on paper, Mike Johnson as Speaker & Christian Nationalists emboldened, Steven Miller ready to set up deportation camps, mainstream GOP Senators saying they’ll vote Trump, all the GOP House/CPAC/Orban, Putin connections, amplified propaganda, their Leadership Institute for youth, school takeovers, erosion of trust in democratic institutions ... these all pertain. The public is like the frog in the gradually boiling water; too many of us are complacent.
When you go to the Topography of Terror in Berlin, it tells the story of how all these threads of society came together gradually. Some looked the other way, others reveled in the fight, some sought profit. We could use a similar exhibit in the Smithsonian about this.
Finally subbed! Been meaning to for long while… for that I am sorry. I really needed to read this article in its entirety! Glad I finally went in to the actual website and subscribed! Been following along for last 2 years with what I could. There’s been so many articles and stories/essays I’ve wanted read.
I have been worried that we are becoming Weimar America, ‘sleepwalking into dictatorship’ due to societal apathy. Thank you for keeping this front of mind for us!
That's a good and balanced set of comments bu S Levitsky. I'd only say that Hitler took an anti-democratic tone (banning parties) very early in his reign and I think it all too credible that Trump would act on this very fast. He knows he face jail if he's out of power and he knows the Georgia case is something he can't pardon himself out of. I'd also say that hope that Republican and Christian leaders will show leadership and criticize him can be safely discounted. They've had their chances and quite frankly they've sold thier souls. Given how central democracy is to what the USA is their going along wth it amounts to treason. But here we are.
This conversation struck me as naive. Aside from ignoring fascism expert Prof Bob Paxton's 2021 OpEd in Newsweek it overlooks that, like Trump, Hitler did not just walk into power, start WWII and begin exterminating jews and queers. It was a long process starting with a failed insurrection (like Trump) and then choosing instead to use the government structure to gradually seize power - just like Trump has been doing.
Using his Make Germany Great Again message aided by his violent thugs, Hitler and his Bannon and Miller-like henchmen created lawless scenes in major cities to build the impression that Germany was becoming lawless and out of control. People hoped that Hitler would return Germany to normal. However, what they got was a new normal of eugenics and dictatorships. Most Germans did not take it seriously until one day, Hitler was telling companies what to manufacture and what to charge for it. Some bought into the Nazi worldview, others just lived with it until they realized change was impossible. THAT is what is going on right under our historically ill-informed noses.
That’s exactly what’s happening and the MAGA right base ( GOP ) refuses to break away from Trump. Does he hold something over each of them? It’s not out of the question. That’s always been his M.O. if you’re studied him beginners 2015. I watched him “play chess “ with placing certain political positions where he wanted them. The last being Kavanaugh to the SC. He’s already telling us he’s going to destroy his enemies in government and place his loyalists where he wants them.
Let's call it like it is please and stop sugar-coating the message. The Trump-Russia connection is a terrifying reality. The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy and American lives, and his influence and control over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment. The book called From Democracy to Democrazy reveals, in detail, Putin's carefully hidden plan to the American public - the facts, the evidence, and the proof.
The Trump followers - a unique modern phenomenon - have been unknowingly engaged in coercive control techniques (aka brainwashing) used daily by Donald Trump. Mass mind manipulations began in totalitarian countries about 100 years ago. It was/is used extensively in China, and during WWII days in Italy, Germany, Austria, and so on. Lo and behold we find the EXACT same methodologies used in the United States. It is defined as "telling lies over and over until it is perceived as the truth" (wikipedia) - like Trump's big lie about the election being stolen when Biden won by over 7 million votes. Once a person is convinced there may be little to no independent thought. If a lie contains hatred - which is used daily by Trump - it releases a chemical in the human brain to enact violence - what we saw on January 6th. If you doubt this works, only yesterday in Pennsylvania, a young man murdered his own father and beheaded him over an argument about Trump. Jim Jones was a cult leader who amassed a following of about 900 persons. He told them all to drink Koolaid laced with poison, and they followed his instructions. They all died. Hitler turned an entire peaceful nation info mass murderers and slaughtered over 6 million humans. It took WWII to stop Hitler.
I was at a book signing event at a Barnes and Noble in Tucson, AZ. A middle-aged woman came up to me and said "I think Putin is a great leader." I opened my mouth to respond, but was so shocked that nothing came out. These were the SAME WORDS (www.cnn.com) used by Trump one week prior and right after Putin invaded Ukraine.
BRAINWASHING WORKS AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE U.S. BY DONALD TRUMP. AND YES, HITLER USED THE EXACT SAME METHODOLOGIES.
Putin, who was a Cold War-era spy, spent the majority of his spy years in East Germany. He acquired Hitler's methodologies and took them back to Russia, where he is now the foremost dangerous and ruthless dictator in the entire world. In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. Putin was assumed to be the ghost writer since this book explains his goals as the 2nd President of Russia. On top of his "wish list" is the destruction of the U.S. government and democracy - who he blames for the downfall of the USSR. He wants revenge and his number one tool for this destruction of the U.S. democracy is Donald Trump.
Russians use at least three tools to entrap a foreigner: flattery, money, and beautiful women. Trump was susceptible to all three. I know this because I lived and worked in communist and dictator-led countries for about 20 years. I personally went through the "wine and dine and flattery" process several times, was invited to join the KGB, but managed to avoid enlistment. Visit - www.democrazy2020.org.
Trump visited Russia many, many times and began his relationship with Russians in 1987. Trump, in his gullible and ignorant ways, did not avoid entrapment. He was either caught and photographed with his pants down (Russian hotels where a foreigner stays has spy devices in the walls and ceilings), or swayed by money given to the Trump organization after U.S. banks refused to loan him funds (due to his four bankruptcies). In 2008, Trump Jr. announced at a NY conference that the Trump organization had received $100 million from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Russian banks, which are ALL controlled and managed by the KGB/FSB, do not loan money to a foreigner just to watch the interest grow on the balance. They give large sums of money for two reasons: (1) to launder black cash into another countries economy, and (2) to obligate a foreigner to work for Russia. So it appears that about ten years before Trump became the U.S. President, he was on the KGB payroll. Russian banks also gave $9.8 million to Marie LePen who is the French opposition presidential leader in an effort to overthrow the French government. (www.theguardian.com)
The Mueller Report failed to warn the American public about the Trump-Russia relationship. I believe this was because of the long-term friendship between Barr and Mueller, and the fact that Barr did not want to deal with a "treason" charge on his watch as the DA. The Jack Miller trial may not see the light of day before the election.
Americans do not understand much outside of our four walls (borders). If the violent Trump followers do not wake up from their cult-like mindless behavior (which is doubtful) - they will aid Putin in his destruction of our country and hand over the keys to our democracy without even a fight. Putin is not our friend - as Trump would like the American public to believe - but our enemy.
I apologize for the length of this message, but it is important to connect the dots from Germany to Russia to the USA.
Should be on the front page of every media outlet, but of course, it won't be. Mainstream media has done everything to try to normalize Trump/Putin/GOP Party of bigotry, insurrection, treasonous behaviors, antisemitism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for your message. If you want the details and proof, read From Democracy to Democrazy, by Graham. According to one reviewer "When you first read Democrazy, you might think you have found yourself in the middle of a John Grisham novel, or a movie like The Manchurian Candidate. This story line however, is TRUE. A Kirkus (Professional book reviews) message read: "A well-researched, expert guide to authoritarian regimes and the fragility of democracy in America." This book was rated as a bestseller on Amazon (kKndle) and ranked number one in three categories only two weeks after its publication.
Democrazy attempts to warn Americans of Trump's relationship to Putin and Russia. People across the U.S. think that Trump's crimes were committed because of his inflated ego and his desire to continue as a big-shot on the world stage. What if his real crime is treason? What if Trump is totally indebted to Putin. Putin has turned Russia into a dangerous one-man dictatorship. People who cross Putin die right and left and around the world - there is no place to hide from his wrath. Trump's strings are all controlled by Putin and the evidence/proof is in Democrazy.
We need every person in this country to stand up and (1) learn the truth about Trump and Russia, and (2) to encourage others to act and to vote against Trump.
Heather Cox Richardson has use a word that I think we need to use more often: reactionaries. Stop called the MAGA hordes, the culture warriors "conservatives." There are plenty of actually principled conservatives (many of them anti-trumpers, but many just in a quiet stew) and there is nothing wrong with being conservative. Most of us at or reaching retirement age are "conservative" about our 401K. Most liberals want to "conserve" the environment. Lambasting people with the term "conservative" only heightens the stew those folks are in, and turns them off about liberals.
Reactionary is a different story. It is, beyond its normal negative connotations, an excellent term for the current GOP leadership. They don't DO anything for the folks that hired them to run the country. They REACT, often simply to the whims of trump, certainly to the equally reactionary views of their base, and usually (as with Gaetzism) effective only in obstruction of any motion to govern.
Let's call it like it is please and stop sugar-coating the message. The Trump-Russia connection is a terrifying reality. The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy and American lives, and his influence and control over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment. The book called From Democracy to Democrazy reveals, in detail, Putin's carefully hidden plan to the American public - the facts, the evidence, and the proof.
The Trump followers - a unique modern phenomenon - have been unknowingly engaged in coercive control techniques (aka brainwashing) used daily by Donald Trump. Mass mind manipulations began in totalitarian countries about 100 years ago. It was/is used extensively in China, and during WWII days in Italy, Germany, Austria, and so on. Lo and behold we find the EXACT same methodologies used in the United States. It is defined as "telling lies over and over until it is perceived as the truth" (wikipedia) - like Trump's big lie about the election being stolen when Biden won by over 7 million votes. Once a person is convinced there may be little to no independent thought. If a lie contains hatred - which is used daily by Trump - it releases a chemical in the human brain to enact violence - what we saw on January 6th. If you doubt this works, only yesterday in Pennsylvania, a young man murdered his own father and beheaded him over an argument about Trump. Jim Jones was a cult leader who amassed a following of about 900 persons. He told them all to drink Koolaid laced with poison, and they followed his instructions. They all died. Hitler turned an entire peaceful nation info mass murderers and slaughtered over 6 million humans. It took WWII to stop Hitler.
I was at a book signing event at a Barnes and Noble in Tucson, AZ. A middle-aged woman came up to me and said "I think Putin is a great leader." I opened my mouth to respond, but was so shocked that nothing came out. These were the EXACT SAME WORDS (www.cnn.com) used by Trump one week prior and right after Putin invaded Ukraine.
BRAINWASHING WORKS AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE U.S. BY DONALD TRUMP. AND YES, HITLER USED THE EXACT SAME METHODOLOGIES. Putin, who was a Cold War-era spy, spent the majority of his spy years in East Germany. He acquired Hitler's methodologies and took them back to Russia, where he is now the foremost dangerous and ruthless dictator in the entire world. In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. Putin was assumed to be the ghost writer since this book explains his goals as the 2nd President of Russia. On top of his "wish list" is the destruction of the U.S. government and democracy - who he blames for the downfall of the USSR. He wants revenge and his number one tool is Donald Trump.
Russians use at least three tools to entrap a foreigner: flattery, money, and beautiful women. Trump was susceptible to all three. I know this because I lived and worked in communist and dictator-led countries for about 20 years. I personally went through the "wine and dine and flattery" process several times, was invited to join the KGB, but managed to avoid enlistment. Visit - www.democrazy2020.org
Trump visited Russia many, many times and began his relationship with Russians in 1987. Trump, in his gullible and ignorant ways, did not avoid entrapment. He was either caught and photographed with his pants down (Russian hotels where a foreigner stays has spy devices in the walls and ceilings), or swayed by money given to the Trump organization after U.S. banks refused to loan him funds (due to his four bankruptcies). In 2008, Trump Jr. announced at a NY conference that the Trump organization had received $100 million from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Russian banks, which are ALL controlled and managed by the KGB/FSB, do not loan money to a foreigner just to watch the interest grow on the balance. They give large sums of money for two reasons: (1) to launder black cash into another countries economy, and (2) to obligate a foreigner to work for Russia. So it appears that about ten years before Trump became the U.S. President, he was on the KGB payroll. Russian banks also gave $9.8 million to Marie LePen who is the French opposition presidential leader in an effort to overthrow the French government. (www.theguardian.com)
The Mueller Report failed to warn the American public about the Trump-Russia relationship. I believe this was because of the long-term friendship between Barr and Mueller, and the fact that Barr did not want to deal with a "treason" charge on his watch as the DA. The Jack Miller trial may not see the light of day before the election. Americans do not understand much outside of our four walls (borders). If the violent Trump followers do not wake up from their cult-like mindless behavior (which is doubtful) - they will aid Putin in his destruction of our country and hand over the keys to our democracy without even a fight. Putin is not our friend - as Trump would like the American public to believe - but our enemy.
I apologize for the length of this message, but it is important to connect the dots from Germany to Russia to the USA.
Elizabeth Graham
www.democrazy2020.org
Just a question for Steven Levitsky. Did Hitler start out saying lets put Jewish people in camps and exterminate them or did he start by otherizing and calling them vermin? He's definitely understating how fascist and inhumane the GOP and Trump is....stealing newborns and small children and LOSING them to "deter immigration" stating unequivocally that you will round up, deport and place undocumented PEOPLE in tent camps on day 1, putting up razor wire that slices up people, including children, to "deter migration" extolling what a shame it is you cant murder people crossing the border (Abbot) is pretty close to Nazism, the targets are just different. How easy will it be to say brown people are vermin and deserving of extermination when you've degraded them enough by putting them in squalid camps? Also this? Steven Levitsky "tend to use exaggerated comparisons and exaggerated terms to describe our rivals". So if you’re on the right, everyone on the left is a communist"-demonstrably not true, dominated by free market neo libs in the Democratic party. "If you’re on the left, everyone on the right is a fascist."Who is saying this? AND to be fair the MAJORITY of the GOP house voted against certifying the election results, the MAJORITY of the GOP is exaggerating the border "crises" and using dehumanizing language about immigrants, the MAJORITY is supporting trump, the MAJORITY has stripped me of the right to control my own body to the extent that I may die, become sterile or lose a major bodily function (this is happening to women NOW) ALL BUT 1 GOP Governor is OPENLY (via a letter of support) advocating for trashing our constitution and system of checks and balances with allusions to resorting to violence to "protect the border" SO please god dont bothesides this. Dems are not overreacting we are reacting.
I disagree and agree with the author. Certainly, Levitsky is correct about the effects of dehumanizing behavior and how there are no Republicans, or even major media, that are decrying Trump’s inhumane words. And what that means for the country. But I disagree with his assessment of where we are, regardless of the difference between the US and early 1930s Germany. If Levitsky had written the book on Hitler in the early 1930s the author would have soft pedaled Hitler’s rhetoric and influence, as he is now doing with Trump, comparing it to some earlier authoritarian regime and noting differences. Our elected RW is much further advanced having been on this path since Newt and are fully ready to assist or takeover the authoritarian push.
And the non-mention of Putin and Russia, who has had its claws in Trump for more than 40’years, is a complete miss.
I’m struggling to get through this post. The rise of authoritarianism is a multi-actor phenomenon, a social movement. Trump has his role; others have theirs. With Project2025 on paper, Mike Johnson as Speaker & Christian Nationalists emboldened, Steven Miller ready to set up deportation camps, mainstream GOP Senators saying they’ll vote Trump, all the GOP House/CPAC/Orban, Putin connections, amplified propaganda, their Leadership Institute for youth, school takeovers, erosion of trust in democratic institutions ... these all pertain. The public is like the frog in the gradually boiling water; too many of us are complacent.
When you go to the Topography of Terror in Berlin, it tells the story of how all these threads of society came together gradually. Some looked the other way, others reveled in the fight, some sought profit. We could use a similar exhibit in the Smithsonian about this.
Finally subbed! Been meaning to for long while… for that I am sorry. I really needed to read this article in its entirety! Glad I finally went in to the actual website and subscribed! Been following along for last 2 years with what I could. There’s been so many articles and stories/essays I’ve wanted read.
Excellent and necessary interview.
I have been worried that we are becoming Weimar America, ‘sleepwalking into dictatorship’ due to societal apathy. Thank you for keeping this front of mind for us!
That's a good and balanced set of comments bu S Levitsky. I'd only say that Hitler took an anti-democratic tone (banning parties) very early in his reign and I think it all too credible that Trump would act on this very fast. He knows he face jail if he's out of power and he knows the Georgia case is something he can't pardon himself out of. I'd also say that hope that Republican and Christian leaders will show leadership and criticize him can be safely discounted. They've had their chances and quite frankly they've sold thier souls. Given how central democracy is to what the USA is their going along wth it amounts to treason. But here we are.
This conversation struck me as naive. Aside from ignoring fascism expert Prof Bob Paxton's 2021 OpEd in Newsweek it overlooks that, like Trump, Hitler did not just walk into power, start WWII and begin exterminating jews and queers. It was a long process starting with a failed insurrection (like Trump) and then choosing instead to use the government structure to gradually seize power - just like Trump has been doing.
Using his Make Germany Great Again message aided by his violent thugs, Hitler and his Bannon and Miller-like henchmen created lawless scenes in major cities to build the impression that Germany was becoming lawless and out of control. People hoped that Hitler would return Germany to normal. However, what they got was a new normal of eugenics and dictatorships. Most Germans did not take it seriously until one day, Hitler was telling companies what to manufacture and what to charge for it. Some bought into the Nazi worldview, others just lived with it until they realized change was impossible. THAT is what is going on right under our historically ill-informed noses.
That’s exactly what’s happening and the MAGA right base ( GOP ) refuses to break away from Trump. Does he hold something over each of them? It’s not out of the question. That’s always been his M.O. if you’re studied him beginners 2015. I watched him “play chess “ with placing certain political positions where he wanted them. The last being Kavanaugh to the SC. He’s already telling us he’s going to destroy his enemies in government and place his loyalists where he wants them.
Elizabeth Graham
From Democracy to Democrazy
Let's call it like it is please and stop sugar-coating the message. The Trump-Russia connection is a terrifying reality. The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy and American lives, and his influence and control over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment. The book called From Democracy to Democrazy reveals, in detail, Putin's carefully hidden plan to the American public - the facts, the evidence, and the proof.
The Trump followers - a unique modern phenomenon - have been unknowingly engaged in coercive control techniques (aka brainwashing) used daily by Donald Trump. Mass mind manipulations began in totalitarian countries about 100 years ago. It was/is used extensively in China, and during WWII days in Italy, Germany, Austria, and so on. Lo and behold we find the EXACT same methodologies used in the United States. It is defined as "telling lies over and over until it is perceived as the truth" (wikipedia) - like Trump's big lie about the election being stolen when Biden won by over 7 million votes. Once a person is convinced there may be little to no independent thought. If a lie contains hatred - which is used daily by Trump - it releases a chemical in the human brain to enact violence - what we saw on January 6th. If you doubt this works, only yesterday in Pennsylvania, a young man murdered his own father and beheaded him over an argument about Trump. Jim Jones was a cult leader who amassed a following of about 900 persons. He told them all to drink Koolaid laced with poison, and they followed his instructions. They all died. Hitler turned an entire peaceful nation info mass murderers and slaughtered over 6 million humans. It took WWII to stop Hitler.
I was at a book signing event at a Barnes and Noble in Tucson, AZ. A middle-aged woman came up to me and said "I think Putin is a great leader." I opened my mouth to respond, but was so shocked that nothing came out. These were the SAME WORDS (www.cnn.com) used by Trump one week prior and right after Putin invaded Ukraine.
BRAINWASHING WORKS AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE U.S. BY DONALD TRUMP. AND YES, HITLER USED THE EXACT SAME METHODOLOGIES.
Putin, who was a Cold War-era spy, spent the majority of his spy years in East Germany. He acquired Hitler's methodologies and took them back to Russia, where he is now the foremost dangerous and ruthless dictator in the entire world. In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. Putin was assumed to be the ghost writer since this book explains his goals as the 2nd President of Russia. On top of his "wish list" is the destruction of the U.S. government and democracy - who he blames for the downfall of the USSR. He wants revenge and his number one tool for this destruction of the U.S. democracy is Donald Trump.
Russians use at least three tools to entrap a foreigner: flattery, money, and beautiful women. Trump was susceptible to all three. I know this because I lived and worked in communist and dictator-led countries for about 20 years. I personally went through the "wine and dine and flattery" process several times, was invited to join the KGB, but managed to avoid enlistment. Visit - www.democrazy2020.org.
Trump visited Russia many, many times and began his relationship with Russians in 1987. Trump, in his gullible and ignorant ways, did not avoid entrapment. He was either caught and photographed with his pants down (Russian hotels where a foreigner stays has spy devices in the walls and ceilings), or swayed by money given to the Trump organization after U.S. banks refused to loan him funds (due to his four bankruptcies). In 2008, Trump Jr. announced at a NY conference that the Trump organization had received $100 million from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Russian banks, which are ALL controlled and managed by the KGB/FSB, do not loan money to a foreigner just to watch the interest grow on the balance. They give large sums of money for two reasons: (1) to launder black cash into another countries economy, and (2) to obligate a foreigner to work for Russia. So it appears that about ten years before Trump became the U.S. President, he was on the KGB payroll. Russian banks also gave $9.8 million to Marie LePen who is the French opposition presidential leader in an effort to overthrow the French government. (www.theguardian.com)
The Mueller Report failed to warn the American public about the Trump-Russia relationship. I believe this was because of the long-term friendship between Barr and Mueller, and the fact that Barr did not want to deal with a "treason" charge on his watch as the DA. The Jack Miller trial may not see the light of day before the election.
Americans do not understand much outside of our four walls (borders). If the violent Trump followers do not wake up from their cult-like mindless behavior (which is doubtful) - they will aid Putin in his destruction of our country and hand over the keys to our democracy without even a fight. Putin is not our friend - as Trump would like the American public to believe - but our enemy.
I apologize for the length of this message, but it is important to connect the dots from Germany to Russia to the USA.
Elizabeth Graham
www.democrazy2020.org
Read: From Democracy to Democrazy by E. Graham
Should be on the front page of every media outlet, but of course, it won't be. Mainstream media has done everything to try to normalize Trump/Putin/GOP Party of bigotry, insurrection, treasonous behaviors, antisemitism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for your message. If you want the details and proof, read From Democracy to Democrazy, by Graham. According to one reviewer "When you first read Democrazy, you might think you have found yourself in the middle of a John Grisham novel, or a movie like The Manchurian Candidate. This story line however, is TRUE. A Kirkus (Professional book reviews) message read: "A well-researched, expert guide to authoritarian regimes and the fragility of democracy in America." This book was rated as a bestseller on Amazon (kKndle) and ranked number one in three categories only two weeks after its publication.
Democrazy attempts to warn Americans of Trump's relationship to Putin and Russia. People across the U.S. think that Trump's crimes were committed because of his inflated ego and his desire to continue as a big-shot on the world stage. What if his real crime is treason? What if Trump is totally indebted to Putin. Putin has turned Russia into a dangerous one-man dictatorship. People who cross Putin die right and left and around the world - there is no place to hide from his wrath. Trump's strings are all controlled by Putin and the evidence/proof is in Democrazy.
We need every person in this country to stand up and (1) learn the truth about Trump and Russia, and (2) to encourage others to act and to vote against Trump.
Warm wishes, Elizabeth
Democrazy
It would be nice if the Democrats had their own version of Fox News
Heather Cox Richardson has use a word that I think we need to use more often: reactionaries. Stop called the MAGA hordes, the culture warriors "conservatives." There are plenty of actually principled conservatives (many of them anti-trumpers, but many just in a quiet stew) and there is nothing wrong with being conservative. Most of us at or reaching retirement age are "conservative" about our 401K. Most liberals want to "conserve" the environment. Lambasting people with the term "conservative" only heightens the stew those folks are in, and turns them off about liberals.
Reactionary is a different story. It is, beyond its normal negative connotations, an excellent term for the current GOP leadership. They don't DO anything for the folks that hired them to run the country. They REACT, often simply to the whims of trump, certainly to the equally reactionary views of their base, and usually (as with Gaetzism) effective only in obstruction of any motion to govern.