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Parnas Warns of Trump-Putin Power Shift Threatening Democracy

6/29/2025

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Lev Parnas, once close to Trump, raises alarms about a looming "global power shift" between Trump and Putin. He asserts that Trump intends to "stonewall" Congress as tensions rise in Ukraine, especially following a recent drone strike in Odessa. Parnas warns that Trump's overtures to Putin conceal troubling, self-serving agreements that threaten U.S. democratic integrity.

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Lev Parnas, once close to Trump, raises alarms about a looming "global power shift" between Trump and Putin. He asserts that Trump intends to "stonewall" Congress as tensions rise in Ukraine, especially following a recent drone strike in Odessa. Parnas warns that Trump's overtures to Putin conceal troubling, self-serving agreements that threaten U.S. democratic integrity.