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A declassified FBI memo from the Epstein files, released on Friday, includes incendiary allegations about US President Donald Trump.

The memo says that Trump was “compromised by Israel”, that convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein worked with Israeli intelligence, and that a Jewish religious group calling itself Chabad-Lubavitch sought to hijack his first term in office.

The memo, written in 2020, formed part of an FBI investigation into domestic or foreign influence over the US electoral process. It draws on information from a confidential human source (CHS) and appears among a vast trove of Epstein-related files released by the US Justice Department.

Chabad-Lubavitch, a religious Jewish sect founded in Russia, has grown to an estimated 90,000 members. Its messianic, ultra-Orthodox ideology has repeatedly been linked to hardline settler colonial politics in Palestine.

The memo also cites Berel Lazar, a Chabad member and the former chief rabbi of Russia, describing him as a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Chabad is basically state-sanctioned Judaism. It is used by Putin to keep tabs on all the Russo-Jewish oligarchs,” the FBI memo adds.

The source goes further, saying: “Trump has been compromised by Israel. And Kushner is the real brains behind his organization and his Presidency.”

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[-] Aljernon@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

"had ties"

The whole fucking Island was a huge Kompromat operation

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[-] dogbert@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

Conspiracy theorists were actually right this whole time about an Israeli cabal controlling our world…

[-] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago

No wonder the Zios spent so.much energy shutting people up by accusing them of "anti Semitic tropes"

[-] lofuw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Yep.

Kinda puts things into perspective when popular opinion can be so collectively and proudly incorrect.

I never assume the group is right just because they're in the majority anymore.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 days ago

lmao after like a decade of Russiagate, we see which country actually has been interfering in the US politics and compromised the whole political system

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago

Chabad-Lubavitch, a religious Jewish sect founded in Russia, has grown to an estimated 90,000 members. Its messianic, ultra-Orthodox ideology has repeatedly been linked to hardline settler colonial politics in Palestine.

The memo also cites Berel Lazar, a Chabad member and the former chief rabbi of Russia, describing him as a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

I mean one is a documented fact, and the other is a conspiracy theory democrats were spreading that's now widely known to be a hoax?

Also, people really need to get their conspiracy theories on who is controlling Putin straight. Is it Dugin, is it some weird Jewish sect that's virtually unknown in Russia, is it the aliens?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's mentioned that Putin has pictures of Trump blowing Bubba as well. It might be a give and take relation. Russia helps Israel in exchange for influence by groups like this over the US. It would explain some weird moves by Trump such as threatening to invade Greenland and blowing up NATO. But connecting all the dots is always easy in hindsight when all the facts are availible. It's all still too vague right now.

is it some weird Jewish sect that’s virtually unknown in Russia

Apparently they have 90.000 members which is a significant size. And Epstein was very much a Jewish surpremacist according to recently released leaks, showing he believed Goyim were subhuman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPSTV_YszvA

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

90k members in a country of 143 million people is not a significant size. There's also no actual evidence of Russia working with Israel. In fact, Russia's main ally in the region is Iran which is a mortal enemy of Israel. You don't need insane conspiracy theories to explain why Trump wants Greenland and why the US is pulling out of NATO. There are obvious explanations for both.

Trump taking over Greenland would instantly put him in history books, and anything else he does will be irrelevant. This is the one thing he'll be remembered for. Being incredibly vain, this is an obvious move for him to try and secure his spot in history.

Meanwhile, NATO ceased having any relevance for the US after it became clear that NATO lost the war in Ukraine. The original plan was to put massive sanctions on Russia, have Ukraine hold out for a while, and try to crash Russian economy to effect regime change. Then, the west would partition Russia, put in puppet regimes, extract resources, and surround China from the west. This was literally the plan that was spelled out in a paper by RAND. Of course, it didn't turn out like that, which is incidentally is one of the risks RAND listed. Russia managed to successfully reorient its economy towards the Global South and to kick start domestic industries. Now, Russia is outproducing all of NATO militarily, and it's clear that Russia will win the war.

So, Europe has no value for the US at this point because NATO cannot defeat Russia. The US doesn't see Russia as a threat to itself, it's no longer ideological opposition the way USSR was. The real threat from the US perspective is China because it's an alternative system that's now proving itself to be superior. The US is cutting its losses in Europe, so it can retrench and prepare for a confrontation with China that it is planning.

This is also basically spelled out in the 2026 National Defense Strategy that was just published https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/the-2026-us-defense-strategy-is-a

[-] Aljernon@lemmy.today -1 points 1 day ago

In fact, Russia’s main ally in the region is Iran which is a mortal enemy of Israel.

Some days Putin and Netanyahu are frenemies, other days Putin and Netanyahu are frenemies. Business is business as they say.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

No teal evidence for any friendly relations between the two. Seems like it's western regimes that are best friends with Bibi.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Putin actually didn't help Iran much in exchange for Israel not sending weapons to Ukraine. Putin let Syria fall with ease instead of fighting for it. And there's many other examples like Russia voting for the UNSC resolution to rubber stamp the Gaza genocide.

90K people openly working together as a terrorist organization is a very significant size. Especially when you see the amount of wealth they posess. They even planned to loot seized Libyan assetts before Gadaffi fell [and likely succeeeded.

RAND employs Zionists from Tel Aviv for their Israel policy, they only have similar chairs for Russia and China but somehow Israel (not Taiwan) is super duper important. And RAND has big Zionist donors.

For some reason leftists have written off the explanation that a bunch of rich Zionists have massive influence over the US government, or like Netanyahu said "the US is a very easy thing to move in the right direction". And they want to explain everything away with an amazing "realpolitik". Yet the more info comes out, the more every single line points to Zionists having huge influence over US government policy.

As your blog stated the US will let Taiwan fall with ease. Will it do the same for Israel? We both know the answer.

It requires ignoring of all the facts relating to Epstein being a massive Ideological Jewish surpremacist to switch the explanation to "realpolitik" But there is no "realpolitik" answer. The US is flailing around destroying its own empire to fulfill Israel's interests right now.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Putin actually didn’t help Iran much in exchange for Israel not sending weapons to Ukraine.

You must know something nobody outside Russia and Iran knows.

Putin let Syria fall with ease instead of fighting for it.

I would love for you to explain how you expected Russia to prevent the fall of Syria.

90K people openly working together as a terrorist organization is a very significant size. Especially when you see the amount of wealth they posess.

And what evidence is there of this organization achieving anything?

I don't think anybody is arguing that Zionists have influence over the US here. In fact, that was my original point. What I'm pointing out here is that the connections you're making between Russia and Israel have no actual basis in reality. And latest Epstein drop clearly shows that Israel wanted to see regime change in Russia:

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You must know something nobody outside Russia and Iran knows.

To placate Russia, Israel told Baltic states it would block weapon transfers to Ukraine: Sources

I would love for you to explain how you expected Russia to prevent the fall of Syria.

Kind of the same thing but more in-depth about Russia:

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/why-israel-hesitant-about-supplying-ukraine-air-defense-systems

And what evidence is there of this organization achieving anything?

You know, that whole Jepstein story where they blackmail the elite of the world...

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

To placate Russia, Israel told Baltic states it would block weapon transfers to Ukraine: Sources

Not sure what you think that proves to be honest.

Kind of the same thing but more in-depth about Russia:

Again, all this shows is that Israelis know that Russia can retaliate against them. This is not evidence of some conspiracy between Israel and Russia.

You know, that whole Jepstein story where they blackmail the elite of the world…

So literally just going to ignore the fact that Israel was seeking regime change in Russia because it doesn't fit with your conspiracy theories?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Not sure what you think that proves to be honest.

.... Because Israel literally imposed a ban on their weapons being sent to Ukraine at the start of the war?

Sure seems strange that the weapons manufacterer all of Europa and NA relies on for their Apartheid genocide weapons suddenly decides to ban their weapons being sent to Russia for moral reasons.

So literally just going to ignore the fact that Israel was seeking regime change in Russia because it doesn’t fit with your conspiracy theories?

Israel seeks regime change everywhere because the leader doesn't lick the heels of Israel hard enough. Unlike the USA, which gives Israel everything for free, Putin makes deals with Israel. A meeting with an exiled Russian billionaire sounds more like an opportunity to extract cash than anything else.

Also there's a lot of Epstein files out there to still be calling them it a "conspiracy".

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

… Because Israel literally imposed a ban on their weapons being sent to Ukraine at the start of the war?

Ok and? As I've already explained, the reality is that Israel realizes Russia can retaliate by sending weapons to Yemen or Iran, or to make their life difficult in Syria. So, they don't really have much appetite openly antagonizing Russia.

Israel seeks regime change everywhere because the leader doesn’t lick the heels of Israel hard enough. Unlike the USA, which gives Israel everything for free, Putin makes deals with Israel. A meeting with an exiled Russian billionaire sounds more like an opportunity to extract cash than anything else.

They're literally discussing how to replace Putin, and this guy is now fled to Ukraine. Claiming there's collusion between Russia and Israel while Israel is literally trying to change the government in Russia is frankly beyond absurd.

Also there’s a lot of Epstein files out there to still be calling them it a “conspiracy”.

I'm pointing out that Epstein files contradict the conspiracy about Russia colluding with Israel here. Nowhere am I calling Epstein files a conspiracy. The files show that Israel was actively trying to regime change Russia and that it wanted to provoke a war in Ukraine.

[-] Tuscy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Crazy how I keep posting Epstein was working for Israel for the last couple months and most people dismissed it as conspiracy. Well well well. How the tables have turned.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

lotta "conservative" (hate this word, they're fucking regressive not conservative) jews around the US about to find out they're not actually white enough for this club anymore...

(i assume worst case scenario, where trump isnt desposed of/things don't magically return to normal when he's gone)

[-] Tuscy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Someone mentioned “what if Epstein list is a distraction” and it’s making more sense now. Israel is trying to take over America then the world and enforce facism.. not so far fetched anymore.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

israel already took over america, they're just scrambling to reassert control with all their blackmail coming to light.

[-] suddenlyme@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

What is the procedure for dealing with a foreign compromised President?

[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago
[-] funksoulkitchen@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

You have to lower your glasses on your nose and look straight into the blurry camera to sell it effectively too

[-] lofuw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

It's not a problem as long as the ruling class thinks he's making them the most amount of money.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days ago
[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Funding their paramilitary.

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

vote for him in the next election too? I don't know i am just predicting what USians will do.

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

Wait wait hold up.

If the conspiracy theory was right... Then why was Epstein caught? Haven't read any conspiracy theory about that.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Why did Epstein "kill himself" but the camera's magically turned off and the guards were all sleeping?

That too, but not that. If he was backed by Israel, why was he caught in the first place.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Also mentions kushner. His son in law. Go look at his wiki. He sure does get around.

[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Honestly, this one leak seems to tie things up too neatly. Suspiciously neatly, specially if you have "problematic" preconceptions. Like, Trump is compromised by an ex-Mossad agent, who's also the world sex-traficking kingpin, through Trump's Jewish son-in-law, and it all ties back up to a Russia-based organisation led by a Putin advisor? It fits too perfectly into the "Trump is an anomaly" narrative. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't trust this one.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

It all checks out to me. What's much stranger is why Genocide Joe and Holocaust Harris were so unconditionally supportive of Israel

[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's the thing that irks me, it has all the people that the run-of-the-mill USian "moderate" agrees is bad, and none of the actual political reasons why those actors act like they do. Are we supposed to believe the Trump admin supports Israel because of Epstein? And Putin?? Seems too Great Man-ish to me. Also very convenient for (actual) anti-Semites to write it off, but that's a tangential point.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean you can't just ignore the insanely massive Israel lobby in the US and say it's only Epstein. Any US politician that doesn't swear fealty to Israel has a bajillion dollars of smear campaign thrown against them, and the entire mainstream media.

Basically anyone who sells out to Israel is rewarded and anyone who doesn't is expunged.

[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago

I'm not ignoring it, I'm afraid of it being reframed under the rug of "foreign influence" and "bad actors". I see the Israel Lobby as a US sub-operation rather than a particularly Israeli one. I believe the US controls Israel rather than the other way around, and Zionist psyops are just another tool for maintaining the relationship no matter how domestically unpalatable it becomes. If there was no Epstein and no worldwide sex-traficking ring or related blackmail, I can still see Trump, Biden, Clinton, Obama or any other bourgeois spokesperson enacting the exact same policy because of material conditions, not being personally compromised through a Jewish relative. The MIC doesn't need to blackmail their representatives to maintain support for the rabid dog white supremacist military colony in the Middle East. If anything, these revelations could be a prelude for smoothly replacing Trump the Person with another Trump the Politician.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 days ago

Are we supposed to believe the Trump admin supports Israel because of Epstein? And Putin??

What about believing all ends are playing each other against the middle for strategic location dominance, money and power?

[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Then this revelation is kind of boring, which is why I think it's misleading. There are many more effective ways to influence US policy than blackmailing presidents, which last like 4 years each. And given Trump backed down on his promise to end the Ukraine war, and US support for Israel hasn't changed at all since even the Obama days, I don't see what either country would've got out of it.

On the other hand, here we are discussing whether Trump is receiving foreign influence or not, instead of how the bourgeoisie knows no borders and has no limits to their depravity. If it were a distraction, I think it was successful.

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