The Manchurian Presidency

The US government has been captured by a Russian spy network. A new regular review of how the biggest news stories connect with each other.

From Russia, Absent Love

Since 2016, Narativ has documented the mounting evidence that Trump was recruited by the KGB in the early 1980s and has been an asset for over forty years. Today, this relationship manifests in every significant policy decision by the Trump Administration—from Ukraine to NATO, cabinet appointments to the DOJ, and military restructuring.

While mainstream media continues to frame Trump's actions through a conventional political lens, the pattern is unmistakable to anyone willing to see it: Trump consistently advances positions that directly serve Kremlin interests. His four-decade relationship with Russian intelligence provides the only coherent explanation for his otherwise baffling policy choices.

The stakes couldn't be higher. A Manchurian president dismantling American institutions from within represents an existential threat to national security, yet many Americans and the media remain seduced by the "populist" narrative.