Public sentiment reveals deep mistrust and resentment towards the government and political leadership, particularly focusing on former President Trump's cybersecurity policies. Users voice skepticism about Russia's role, fearing it may be overstated while expressing concern over national security. A pervasive feeling of betrayal emerges, along with frustration over the adequacy of U.S. defenses against foreign cyber threats.

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Former President Trump

Russian Government

The man couldn't give two shits about actually protecting this country.

MeasurementVast6757

winpickles4life

upfromashes

If that's what they do, he shouldn't have crippled our cyber security... oh yeah, never mind.

ifnhatereddit

sixxtynoine

I’m sure Trump helped them. He’s the most corrupt person we’ve ever had in our government period. Trump makes Benedict Arnold look like a patriotic hero.

mrjojorisin420

Fix_It_Felix25

Strange….. after hegseth called off cyber operations against Russia lol

platoface541

Different_Worker_905

Lmfao he’s going to give Alaska back to Russia too. Russias making out like a fiend.

Practical-Area49

debzone420

Tump and his team of traitors have dismantled major elements of our strategic defenses that were created to keep America  safe from these cyber attacks.

brianishere2

DOGE "hacks" made access way easier to all kinds of systems for them to crawl for access.

troubleschute

Opposite-Bit6660

He didn't say it was a 400 pound guy on his bed and NOT Russia?

SteDee1968

LocksmithWestern8768

I mean, Russia could have saved a lot of time if they just asked Trump for the password.

Ecstatic-Detail-8382

Fucking top notch leadership bro!... Jesus christ

sumdude51

"When do you plan to release the Epstein files?"

The only question reporters need to ask over and over. He's moved them on from the topic.

Ntropy99

Observer_042

He’s ok with that? Price of doing business?

indefilade

Interesting_Bill_346

AddisonFlowstate

Uh… we are surprised by you suddenly not being surprised.

B0wmanHall

sirbinlid1

This treasonous orangutan (sorry to all the orangutans out there) will take the entire US down with him.

windysheprdhenderson

CoconutBeneficial273

He couldn’t even manage a token protestation? Jfc

AgencyAdditional4961

To paraphrase Adolph Diddler,

“Russia, 
If you’re listening, I hope you are able to find those thousands of Epstein files that are hidden. I’m sure that you would be rewarded mightily by our press.”

happyjoyousfree1

readonlycomment

Sooo Trump helped with the election tampering in 2016 that he’s trying to put Obama behind bars for?

anon-y-moose3333

Loose-Database569

Then why have a meeting in Alaska and give him mineral rights.  Oh, I forgot Trump is Putin's bitch.  Those tapes that Putin has must be very incriminating.

Dear-Pangolin1391

Am I surprised? Yes, yes I am. More surprised nothing is or will be done about it. But surprised nonetheless.

Fuck_THC

So did he share all the passwords in a Google Doc, or did he just fire all the IT professionals after leaving the doors wide open?

Inquiring minds want to know.

racedownhill

So the Russian will leak the Epstein file for us 😅

Dizzy-Ease4193

How can you be president and not care about this. Even if you are CEO and learn competition is hacking your company you would want to do something about that….

Delicious-Ad-9998

As long as he makes money or his family does....

HENMAN79

Jorpsica

he's the most corrupt, weakest, lamest, probably most pedophilic, DUMBEST, and most incontinent president that ever was. Of, and he sucks and cheats at golf too

-happycow-

That's interesting.  Release the Epstein files.

That-Makes-Sense

When Putin asks Trump what city he’d be ok with Putin bombing first, not only will he not give a shit as long as it’s  in a blue state, but he will also be just fine if it’s a red state. This guy is just the nastiest man I’ve ever seen. Like you watch these serial killer profile videos and half these guys seem more sane and credible than this nasty smelling, Cheeto stained, rapist. Pure narcissism, contempt for his fellow man. He needs to be stopped legally and for there to be ANY justice left in the US at all he needs to be imprisoned for life and not given a pardon or any special treatment. He’s poisoned part of the country and not only allowed this poison to spread but is a big fan of it.

LochNessMansterLives

Why is it not very clear to Republicans that this guy is completely owned by Putin? How fucking obvious does he need to make it before they wake up from this cult brainwashing

Sheepherderx

Fucking [traitors.](https://apnews.com/article/cyber-command-russia-putin-trump-hegseth-c46ef1396e3980071cab81c27e0c0236)

sleeptightburner

KatieBarTheDoor1977

Brutal-Sausage

This is peak alpha masculine response that other countries really respect!

Greenn1483

Coming from the guy that said "We don't need to worry about Russia.  We are even going to get rid of our counter hacking team.". Fucking idiot.

The_angle_of_Dangle

He just said Russia's cyber warfare is better than the US cyber teams.  Wonder what our folks think of that.  I have a feeling he doesn't have a clue what is happening in Cyber.  Dude didn't know who NVIDIA was a few weeks ago.

Bob_Squared789

That's the same line of thinking as saying "boys will be boys" about rape.  So it's totally on brand for the russian asset fucktard.

JustSomeGuy422

“Hacked” or “Let in”, let’s not split hairs here.

Ill_Profit_1399

We're living in wild times where our president is allowing one of our main adversaries, to hack our systems, and that reporter should have pointed out that hegseth actually reduced the government's actions and surveillance to protect our systems specifically from russian hacking.

This is what treason looks like

TurtlesandSnails

"That's just how my boss is. Are you surprised?"

Nearby-Poetry-5060

Why isnt every follow-up question not about the idiocy of his answer from the previous question?

LooseWateryStool

So the follow up question would be. "What exactly do you plan on doing to resolve that issue Mr. President?"

DrB00

I thought anything from Russia is a hoax?

tigolbitty285

"I've heard about it" Means, how do you think I got elected?!

No-Bite-7866

Silver_Mousse9498

Fun_Wood27

Putin’s pop must be very addictive for poor little Donny

Talex1995

I mean, he did disband the people that worked against foreign hackers.

Vast-Mission-9220

Let us not forget, when Trump was not busy raping children or defrauding the American citizens in one of his many scam businesses, he has been serving the Kremlin.

MajorMorelock

= he has no clue of what he’s talking about.

SorryNotSorry_78

Aloyonsus

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ConjureGount

Rush-23

OhNoNotRabbits

Sad-Advisor4004

Blue_Goose23

iamcamouflage

"We didn't hack the courts"

"I mean THEY didn't hack the courts"

peepee2tiny

‘I told Putin not to hack and delete files. Especially the ones marked Epstein’

UdidWatWitWho

Theyre particularly good at hacking voting systems.. like the Brexit vote, and the last 3 US elections

AquaticAlchemy

FirstWithTheEgg

TxEagleDeathclaw81

Genuinely one of the biggest traitors in American history right here.

MrBisonopolis2

We’re so far beyond the pale here. I know everyone knows it but every once in a while, a moment like this really drives it home. That’s a bar shit crazy thing to say. 

Itsavanlifer

Dozens of agents working for USA were reported dead or missing after Trump had top secret documents flouting around at Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/17/trump-mar-a-lago-classified-documents-risk-human-sources/7953044001/

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/amp/

Foreign_Violinist715

And of course I’m guessing the follow up question “If that is what they do, what are you as the president of the United States, going to do to stop it”. No? Oh no follow up question.

Reasonable_Being6376

Russian oligarchs saved trump from bankruptcy.
Here are a few excerpts. There’s much more in the article:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/


“In the fall of 1992, after he cut a deal with U.S. banks to work off nearly a billion dollars in personal debt, Donald Trump put on a big gala for himself in Atlantic City to announce his comeback. Party guests were given sticks with a picture of Trump’s face glued to them so they could be photographed posing as the famous real-estate mogul. As the theme music from the movie Rocky filled the room, an emcee shouted, “Let’s hear it for the king!” and Trump, wearing red boxing gloves and a robe, burst through a paper screen. One of his casino executives announced that his boss had returned as a “winner,” according to Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio.

But it was mainly an act, D’Antonio told Foreign Policy. In truth Trump was all but finished as a major real-estate developer, in the eyes of many in the business, and that’s because the U.S. banking industry was pretty much finished with him. By the early 1990s he had burned through his portion of his father Fred’s fortune with a series of reckless business decisions. Two of his businesses had declared bankruptcy, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City and the Plaza Hotel in New York, and the money pit that was the Trump Shuttle went out of business in 1992. Trump companies would ultimately declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy two more times. 

When would-be borrowers repeatedly file for protection from their creditors, they become poison to most major lenders and, according to financial experts interviewed for this story, such was Trump’s reputation in the U.S. financial industry at that juncture.”

“But Trump eventually made a comeback, and according to several sources with knowledge of Trump’s business, foreign money played a large role in reviving his fortunes, in particular investment by wealthy people from Russia and the former Soviet republics. 

This conclusion is buttressed by a growing body of evidence amassed by news organizations, as well as what is reportedly being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Southern District of New York. It is a conclusion that even Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has appeared to confirm, saying in 2008—after the Trump Organization was prospering again—that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”  

Trump’s former longtime architect, Alan Lapidus, echoed this view in an interview with FP this month. Lapidus said that based on what he knew from the internal workings of the organization, in the aftermath of Trump’s earlier financial troubles “he could not get anybody in the United States to lend him anything. It was all coming out of Russia. His involvement with Russia was deeper than he’s acknowledged.””

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/

“Are you concerned they’ll hack the FBI and release the Epstein files that you’re so afraid of?”

MrBobSacamano

More upset that he says that "we" do it too

Hungry_Caregiver8928

Jabroni_City

I thought that wasn't what they did and it was all a Russia Hoax.   Guess he's lying (speaking) again.

newfearbeard

I bet money he literally just learn it there and then

PassionateYak

Jeffrey Epstein: Died by suicide in a New York City jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges . Virginia Giuffre: A prominent accuser of Epstein and Prince Andrew, she died by suicide in April 2025 at the age of 41.

Jean-Luc Brunel: A French modeling agent accused of procuring girls for Epstein, he died by suicide in a French jail cell in February 2022 while awaiting trial.

Carolyn Andriano: An Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, died in May 2023 of an accidental drug overdose.

Leigh Skye Patrick: An Epstein survivor who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017.

Steven Hoffenberg: Described as Epstein's mentor, a convicted Ponzi schemer, was found dead in a Connecticut apartment in August 2022.

Alfredo Rodriguez: Epstein's former house manager who allegedly tried to sell his "black book" of contacts, died of mesothelioma in 2015.

Marvin Minsky: A longtime Epstein associate and accuser of abuse, died in 2016.

John Connelly: An investigative journalist who pursued Epstein's ties and alleged coverups, died in 2021. 

Hurriedgarlic66

he does not dare to bring anything up to annoy his lord.

anxiousbunnyclothes

Trump’s then top Russia adviser Fiona Hill told to CNN back in 2021 that she was so alarmed during Trump’s 2018 press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin that she had looked for a fire alarm to pull and considered faking a medical emergency.

“I just thought, let’s cut this off and try to end it. I couldn’t come up with anything that just wouldn’t add to the terrible spectacle,” Hill told CNN’s Don Lemon on “Don Lemon Tonight.”

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/15/politics/fiona-hill-trump-biden-putin-cnntv

“A similar event took place during the Helsinki summit, when Trump exited the room and said that he had made an agreement with Putin for US law enforcement to have access to the GRU operatives accused of influencing the US elections. 

Putin later said in turn that he would have access to Americans responsible for pushing for the anti-corruption Magnitsky Act.

“Of course, that went nowhere,” Hill said.

 “Trump hadn’t fully understood what Putin had said to him.”

“In other words, [just because] there is a meeting doesn’t [mean it will] solidify into something,” she said.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/trump-putin-meeting-alaska

Follow up question "if we know that's what they do, why did we de-fund cyber defense?

88j88

Yes, but just look at Putin's hangdog expression, he's learned his lesson.

...

Let's give him Alaska.

Tutorbin76

Investigation.  Investigation, or words to that effect,  is the correct response.

This is that  scene where the guard, played by Donald, is the inside man and letting  the bank robbers in.

politicalmache

What he and every single journalist should be asking him is about Jeffrey Epstein. All day, every day.

LadySayoria

And people gloss over how Putin said “The United States is no more”…because he’s installed loyalists. The US is now Russia.

Impressive_Pin_366

bmiller5555

Oh yes yes I know, don’t worry, we are working on a deal!

Dangerous-Celery-766

It is a good thing the US recently disbanded their cyber defense units that was aimed to protect against attacks from Russia.

I wonder what sort of material the hackers were after.

Loki-L

Is it still considered hacking if they were handed the passwords from Doge?

Ellemscott

AdEmotional9991

Trump voters did this.

Trump has fired all the people and agency responsible  for preventing this kind of attacks from Russian hackers.

reddittorbrigade

Will Russia do a "but her emails" with Trump and the Epstein files now?

katiescasey

Recent reports have unveiled that Russia is suspected of involvement in a significant cyberattack on the US federal court system, managing sensitive judicial documents.

US Federal Court Cyberattack and Russian Involvement

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