A former head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service says that Vladimir Putin skillfully controlled Donald Trump for a while, but this plan has now failed. Sir Alex Younger, who ran MI6 from 2014 to 2020, explained that the Russian president made Trump believe they had a friendly relationship, suggesting they could work together to solve world problems. However, this careful trick seems to have stopped working, as Trump’s position on the war in Ukraine has become much tougher.
Younger said, “He’s played Trump like a violin so far. He’s created this idea that they’re mates and that they are equivalent, and they can solve all the world’s problems together. But it’s becoming very clear to Donald Trump that Putin has no other plan other than to subjugate Ukraine and he’s going to make Trump look like a muppet if he continues – and that’s not acceptable.”
