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How Trump's Rise Mirrors Every Classic Intelligence Takeover - Thom Hartmann
The British newspaper Daily Mail is out with a deeply researched investigative report, the result of a long collaboration between columnists Glen Owen and Dan Hodges, along with Mark Hookham (Assistant Editor Investigations), and Daisy Graham-Brown (Investigative Reporter).
It’s shocking in its detail and its implication that Putin has basically owned Trump for years, even before he ran for president in 2016. - Aired on 02/02/2026.
The written Daily Take is here: https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-manchurian-billionaire-how-trumps-99f