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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · 27d

The idea that China is only a ‘challenge’ rather than an adversary of the UK is ridiculous. Not only has the MI5 DG said there is evidence of increasing Chinese espionage ops in Britain, but Beijing has bounties in place for the capture of various Hong Kong dissidents granted political asylum here.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Sep 18

We are living through truly strange times. Whilst our government fawns around an ignorant and narcissistic US president, normalising his misconduct and pretending he’s a reliable ally, Trump is trying to sell out Ukraine to Putin and limit the rule of law and suppress freedom of speech in America.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 18

Putin was clearly better prepared than Trump and so could deploy his case against an immediate ceasefire and on the allegedly malign (pro-war) intent of Zelensky and the Europeans without much pushback. Whether (dubious) new US business opportunities in Russia or kompromat also featured is unclear.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 18

Whilst we wish European leaders well in travelling to DC today to support Ukraine, we mustn’t allow what happened in Alaska to be normalised. Trump deferred to Putin there, an indicted war criminal directly responsible for several hundred thousand deaths in Ukraine. As a result we are all less safe.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Russians are apparently untroubled by Trump’s newfound willingness to say rude things about them and are confident he shares their objectives of freezing the Ukraine conflict and resetting bilateral relations. They also think that he too sees the Europeans as the main obstacle to this agenda.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 13

Concerning any possible Trump-Putin ‘deal’ in Alaska to end the Ukraine war, it is vital to remember Putin has abrogated every agreement Moscow signed with Kyiv since independence in 1992-the Budapest Memo(1994) and the Friendship(1997) and Border(2003) Treaties. Leopards don’t change their spots.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ukrainians should be worried about the latest Trump-Russia shenanigans. Most likely for multiple reasons, all bad, a battlefield- and economically-weakened Putin is being allowed to negotiate as if from a position of strength. This US diplomatic aberration needs to be countered by European leaders.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jul 17

Trump’s fear of the Epstein files and the utter nonsense he is talking about the Russia investigation to divert attention from them, are quite something. Wray and Comey as ‘Democrat conspirators’, our 2016 Russia ‘Dossier’ as fake, despite his repeated failure in court to sue us over it. What next?!

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gabbard, Patel and Hegseth - “the unholy trinity of utterly unqualified nominees, people put up for their jobs primarily because Trump and his advisers knew that they would be completely pliant and obsequious…and that Senate Republicans would have to bend their collective knee by confirming them.”

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 11

Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are turning America’s spy apparatus on its own employees, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.

The Federal Bureau of Paranoia

America turns on its own spies and cops.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jul 11

Team Trump’s undermining of the integrity of the US intelligence community continues apace. Their attempt to cast doubt on the ICA’s 2016 judgement, that Russia interfered in the election to support Trump, is both wrong and dangerous. And it will cause lasting damage to the reputation of the USG.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jun 25

Trump’s public prevarication over the US’s commitment to mutual defence of NATO allies under Article V is very troubling, and doubtless has been noted by Putin and Xi. It seriously weakens Western deterrence and however unpalatable, HMG must now build it into our forward planning with other allies.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jun 18

Trump’s latest pronouncements on military action against Iran are as reckless as they are incoherent. The musings of a 10 year old in the school playground who doesn’t want to be shown up by the smaller kid who’s much tougher than him. It’s incredible just how low the governance of the US has sunk.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jun 17

It’s instructive to see just how much of a fish out of water Trump was at the G7 with Western allies. In a minority of one on key issues like Ukraine and the ME, Trump refused to sign joint statements and left early. He’s clearly far more comfortable in the company of corrupt despots and autocrats.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Jun 5

Trump’s subservience to Putin and role as apologist-in-chief for Russian atrocities in Ukraine seem to have no limits. This isn’t normal behaviour and can’t be explained by any rational reading of US national interests. It’s high time the western media and other world leaders started calling it out.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · May 19

It’s frankly incredible anyone believes Putin is interested in ‘peace’ in Ukraine at this point. Actually the only people who do, or pretend to, are Trump and his acolytes. The fact that the government of the world’s sole democratic superpower is living in this fantasy land is deeply disturbing.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · May 6

Presumably Reform UK’s declared intention to ban non-Union Flags on public buildings they control is at least partly aimed at suppressing overt British support for Ukraine. Farage and his party’s declared admiration for Putin probably underlies this. You have to wonder who’s calling the shots here?

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 24

The idiocy, and likely corruption involved in team Trump’s approach to and appeasement of Putin/Russia is something to behold. Worse in many ways, especially intent, than Chamberlain at Munich, if unchecked by European leaders, the sell-out of Ukraine will haunt Europe’s security for a generation.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 21

Trump shouldn’t have been invited here on a State visit and certainly not to address Parliament. One important reason why not is that he remains in breach of multiple High Court orders arising from his failed attempt to sue my firm, Orbis. Trump thus clearly disrespects the UK and HM’s legal system.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 13

It’s galling to watch Russia’s odious ambassador to the UK Kelin, who chuckles nervously when excusing Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine, interviewed on British TV. He’s a liar and an enemy and shouldn’t be given a media platform. Our ambassador to Moscow would never be granted the same air time there.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 11

For decades Putin’s Kremlin has fantasised about two things - destroying NATO and ending the primacy of the US dollar. After only 10 weeks back in office Trump is well on the way to delivering both these things. And congressional Republicans, who used to guarantee them, are too cowardly to stop him.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 5

America’s rapid descent into autocracy under Trump continues apace. Aside from the crazy tariffs and daily assault on the Rule of Law, his firing of NSA director, Gen Haugh, is especially worrying. Trump now appears to be demanding US intel chiefs swear loyalty to him rather than the constitution.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Apr 3

Trump’s campaign of ‘lawfare’ against me and my company, Orbis isn’t ending well for him. Today in the English High Court, Justice Rowley more than doubled the interim costs award in our favour (to £625k) arising from Trump’s ludicrous, failed UK data protection case against us. We stand vindicated.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Mar 25

In any normal world Hegseth, Waltz, Radcliffe and Witkoff would all resign and be criminally referred to the DoJ.Under Trump that won’t happen but whatever they say publicly, other Western leaders must understand that this USG isn’t a reliable ally and sharing sensitive intel with them is perilous.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Mar 25

The ‘Atlantic’ security breach story in the US is wild. In nearly 40 years working in intel, I’ve never known anything like it. Almost all Trump’s national security principals behaving like amateurs. But more seriously, putting US servicemen’s lives at risk and likely committing criminal offences.

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Mar 23

I clashed with two pro-Trump crazies on Piers Morgan’s show last week.Though I strived to mount a robust defence of my work, it was very unpleasant but also a reminder of how serious a problem we now face with the US. Facts, evidence and rational argument are simply irrelevant to these MAGA zealots.

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