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erronis

(22,118 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:14 AM Wednesday

Who leaked Witkoff's call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?

Source: The Guardian

Potential culprits of giving Bloomberg recording include CIA, NSA, European intelligence agencies and Ukraine

Bloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties and the Kremlin’s potential influence over US negotiation efforts. But equally interesting is the leaked material itself and where it may have come from.

The story covers two intercepted phone calls: one between Witkoff and top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and one between Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, who has been deeply involved in negotiations with the Trump White House.

Bloomberg’s story was published without any byline or dateline, presumably because noting where the story was written or who wrote it could give clues as to the identity of the source. Bloomberg says only that it has “reviewed and transcribed audio” of the two phone calls, without giving any hint as to the sourcing or any checks done to verify authenticity.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/who-leaked-steve-witkoff-call-kremlin-trump-analysis



the putin-trump axis has a lot of enemies.
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Who leaked Witkoff's call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side? (Original Post) erronis Wednesday OP
Now they NJCher Wednesday #1
"do their job"? That takes competence and hard work! Both lacking in this regime. erronis Wednesday #2
Not to mention NJCher Wednesday #3
My guess: Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #4
I'm convinced... 2naSalit Wednesday #8
A Patriot Bayard Wednesday #5
"Remember, talk to him like he's a 7yr old who just finished a project!" Callie1979 Wednesday #6
Give him the traitor's treatment purr-rat beauty Wednesday #7
"The last thing the fly saw when hitting the windshield... was his ass." Seems like a fitting finish. erronis Wednesday #9
Yet another "perfect" phone call. Sneederbunk Wednesday #10

NJCher

(42,098 posts)
1. Now they
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:17 AM
Wednesday

Will consume themselves trying to find the leaker.

It would never occur to them to do their job.

Fiendish Thingy

(21,677 posts)
4. My guess:
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:05 PM
Wednesday

Somebody on Rubio’s dept of state team who had access to intelligence intercepts.

This whole Peace Plan nonsense is a vehicle for Vance and Rubio to duke it out to gain the upper hand for 2028.

2naSalit

(99,196 posts)
8. I'm convinced...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:04 PM
Wednesday

It was Rubio or one of his lackeys. He wasn't included in the production of the thing and was, basically, sidelined in the process. I think he's seeing that he's going to go to prison so he might be getting ready to squeal.

JMHO

Callie1979

(1,052 posts)
6. "Remember, talk to him like he's a 7yr old who just finished a project!"
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:51 PM
Wednesday

He'll LOVE the flattery & give you anything

erronis

(22,118 posts)
9. "The last thing the fly saw when hitting the windshield... was his ass." Seems like a fitting finish.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:08 PM
Wednesday

Falling out a 5-story window head first.

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