Presidents Putin and Trump at a summit in Vietnam in 2017. Putin has admitted wanting Trump to beat Hillary ClintonPresident Putin ordered Russian spies to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to foment turmoil in the United States, according to documents published yesterday. Putin is thought to have approved the mission in a meeting with his security and spy chiefs in early 2016, according to reports citing what appeared to be papers leaked from the Kremlin. SponsoredOne of the documents, a report identified as “No 32-04 \ vd,” was classified as secret. It portrayed Trump as an “impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual” and said that he suffered from “an inferiority complex”, concluding that he would be the most promising candidate from Russia’s point of view.

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 16:06 UTC