Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham, an authority on the Trump-Putin relationship, warns in a recent Substack post that the United States has succumbed to tyranny and despotism under a leader controlled by Russia. Drawing on nearly twenty years of experience living and working in Russia, Central Asia, and Ukraine, Graham asserts that Donald Trump is a traitor who has sold his soul and the country to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin.
Graham cites historical parallels, quoting Roman statesman Cicero: 'A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.' She argues that many Americans are misled by propaganda techniques similar to those used in Russia a century ago, echoing Mark Twain's warning: 'It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It is what you know for sure that just ain't so.'
According to Graham, Trump's convicted crimes—including business fraud, 34 felony counts for hush money payments, and a sexual assault case labeling him a 'sexual predator'—underscore his unfitness for office. She claims Trump was compromised by Russian intelligence during a 1987 visit to Moscow, where he was wined, dined, and trapped by the KGB, as verified by former senior KGB operative Oleg Kalugin in an interview with Craig Unger for American Kompromat.
Graham details how Putin's disinformation campaign has shaped Trump's actions, such as removing U.S. troops from Germany, undermining NATO, and closing USAID. She contends that the closure of USAID, which she describes as a source of intelligence masked as humanitarian aid, has led to projected preventable deaths of 22 million people in Africa by 2030, according to The Lancet and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Graham's book, From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans, has received praise from Kirkus Reviews as 'an intriguing and informative must read.' One Amazon reader noted the book's urgency: 'If you care about our country and the survival of our democracy, you should read this book ASAP because our government under the Trump administration is not on our side.'
Graham concludes that Trump is transforming the U.S. government into a reflection of how the Kremlin operates, warning that he may attempt to extend his rule beyond 2028. 'Those of us still clinging to justice and the rule of law should know by now that Mr. Trump is well on his way to be our first dictator,' she wrote.
