Posted on 02/20/2017 11:39:52 AM PST by usafa92
MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser.
Trump "doesn't understand fully who is Mr. Putin — he is a tough guy," former Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Fedorov told NBC News.
The file is being compiled by retired diplomats and some of Putin's staff, he added.
The attempt to get inside the U.S. president's mind is aimed at helping Putin plan for his first meeting with America's new leader, the date for which is yet to be decided.
"Very serious preparatory work is going on in the Kremlin, including a paper — seven pages — describing a psychological portrait of Trump, especially based on this last two to three months, and the last weeks," added Fedorov, who said he has known Trump since 2000.
The dossier was being revised regularly, he said, adding that many in the Kremlin believed that Trump viewed the presidency as a business.
Fedorov added: "Trump is not living in a box — he is living in a crowd. He should listen to the people around him especially in the areas where he is weak."
It is normal for any president or leader to be fully briefed before entering negotiations for the first time with a rival leader, but preparing a detailed dossier on the mind and instincts of a U.S. leader is unusual.
Putin's government is growing increasingly concerned about Trump's battles in Washington, according to Fedorov and former lawmaker Sergei Markov, who remains well-connected at the Kremlin.
It is worried the president will not have the political power to improve relations with Russia, as he has indicated he might try to do, and even, perhaps, lift some U.S. sanctions.
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia conducted a covert hacking operation to undermine the U.S. election process, which evolved into an attempt to help Trump win the White House. They also believe with "a high level of confidence" that Putin became personally involved in the campaign to interfere in the election.
The White House's connection with the Kremlin — and how deep it runs — remains under scrutiny, which has only ramped up last week when Mike Flynn resigned from his role as national security adviser after admitting to misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other senior administration officials about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States in December.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has no government or diplomatic experience, but boasts exceptionally close ties with Moscow and Putin.
And former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort — who resigned in August amid questions about his ties to pro-Russia interests in Ukraine — told NBC News last week that he had "no contact knowingly with Russian intelligence officials." Manafort was reportedly one of the Trump campaign officials whose communications were investigated by the FBI, according to The New York Times.
During the election campaign, Trump spoke fondly of Putin. But earlier this month, Trump told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly that while he respects Putin "that doesn't mean I'm going to get along with him."
Meanwhile, the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election has won bipartisan support.
The issue of Russia "is now a kind of banana skin for Trump — that's why we should avoid any kind of step that could damage Trump," said Fedorov. "Trump cannot come to a meeting with Putin as a loser — he must sort out his domestic problems first."
Fedorov added that Trump's "constant battle with the mass media" was "worrying us."
The U.S. president "is dancing on thin ice," he said. "It's a risky game."
A former prime minister under Putin said the Kremlin is taking no pleasure at Trump's struggles.
"Absolutely not — not laughing," Mikhail Kasyanov said. "The situation is very serious and the whole of [Putin's] team, they are nervous."
Many in the Kremlin believe hardliners in America — in Congress and the military — want to sabotage the president and his plans for better ties with Russia.
Some even talk of a conspiracy against Trump. Markov, the former lawmaker, told NBC News that he believes America's intelligence services "want to overthrow President Trump in a coup" because of his desire to improve relations with Russia.
Flynn was a victim of U.S. intelligence services, according to Markov.
So while many in Russia celebrated Trump's election, the mood in Moscow was changing from delight at Trump's election to doubt about his ability to deliver on a better relationship with Russia, he added.
"Donald Trump has done nothing good for Russia, nothing," Markov said. "But they already attack him."
Wait a second, now tell me who is working with the Russians?
LOL
AND WHAT DID THE 0BAMA PROFILE HAVE TO SAY?
The MSM is pathetic. Out of one side of their mouth they claim Trump is a puppet of the Russians, and out of the other side of their mouth they retail Russian propaganda like this crap.
Wow! They’ve never done THAT before!....................................../s izzit really necessary?...............
Useful idiot.......................
The media is seeing Russians behind every tree. The Russians are everywhere. Hahahahha, talk about psychotic.
Yea sure, and they would of course give it to NBC first.
What a joke.
This is news? I’m sure the Russians have prepared a dossier like this on every president since the second World War.
All of this is logical—all leaders do this sort of thing. I bet Trump has a folder on Putin as well—how accurate this is—is unknown. Putin might well do something like this—or may have had it leaked in order to get an edge—One thing is known—if someone leaked this to the press in Russia—they would end up with a bullet in their head, in the back seat of their Zil Car. Leaks are not tolerated in Russia—there it is seen as a form of treason to the Motherland.
Most of the article reads like tabloid. But Trump himself said the media constantly running the fake news Russian story may make Putin think Trump won’t be able to work with him.
I would say that Trump is missing the point. The most important point is, Why was the Obama White House spying on the incoming President? Why was Obama’s White House listening to the calls of the President Elect’s people? That seems to be the bigger issue. One President is losing power but is spying on the new administration before it can get power. How is this a peaceful transfer of power?
Why is that OK? Why is it OK for one administration to listen in on another?
The sanctions are also odd. The sanctions that come days before the Obama White House leaves power because of a very hasty investigation that only takes a few weeks and contains lots of assumptions and little facts seems more odd than anything else. And the President Elect has the rights to get rid of them and even to promise to get rid of them. Just as a President during the Vietnam war could promise to end the war. Or Obama could primes to end the war in Iraq.
I think this conspiracy should be about spying on Trump by Obama. Not about Trump and Russia.
Also Kremlin ? Why all of a sudden are the Russians called the Kremlin? Is that supposed to be more diabolical sounding ? How come Hillary was never described as resetting with the Kremlin ?
Their language is over the top and revealing
Thank you, RC one!
The lying mediots and malignant Never Trumpsters Fascists, have so much fake news. They need a fake news stand to sell it to their idiots!
Every governments intelligence agencies do this. Why is this news? The MSM didn’t report on this when 75% of the governments in the UN had Obama as a child molesting, dug addled incompetent with islamomarxist beliefs.
“And what did the Obama Profile say?”
Thanks for the excellent question - as it was what immediately came to m mind to. Isn’t it a fact that a ‘dossier’ is made on every incoming POTUS by the Russians, the Chinese, etc.? The article assume we don’t realize this.
I do wonder what was in the ‘dossier’ on Obama. I suspect if the news media knows, they spiked the story. I also believe that Putin is too smart to think Trump is crazy. Vlad is probably thinking that he is up against another alpha male who will not hesitate to act in support of the USA. The outcome is TOTAL RESPECT.
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