A senior Conservative MP has said it is time to consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Kremlin asset. Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to Donald Trump’s decision to pause all military aid to Ukraine. The extraordinary move comes as the US administration seeks to pressure... Read more »
An asset is something you own and have heavy influence on or control. I.e. Israel is an USAian asset, nazarbaev was a Russian asset.
This is just two powers taking their spoils. Russia spent a lot on this war , as did the usa. Now they want récompense.
Putin is a rational actor, not some demon. He is working with Trump because it benefits Russia in this instance.