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"red" donald or "beautiful red" donald (spy name: krasnov). probably would've prefered zolotoy for golden donald instead
i'm googling, and messing with google translate.
so...
from wiki: "Krasnov (Russian: Краснов
is a Russian family name, derived from the word krasniy, an adjective meaning "red" (Russian: красный .
from ancestry.com, where does the name krasnov come from?
"Russian and Jewish (from Ukraine): patronymic from a nickname based on Russian krasnyy 'beautiful red' (compare Krasny). It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -ov.
i heard a podcaster mention this
found this:
A former Soviet intelligence officer has claimed Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.”
The bombshell allegation was made by Alnur Mussayev, a former Kazakh intelligence chief, in a Facebook post.
The 71-year-old, who previously headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, said he had served in the 6th Directorate of the KGB in Moscow, which was responsible for counter-intelligence support within the economy.
more
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/donald-trump-recruited-by-kgb-in-80s-and-even-has-codename-claims-former-soviet-spy/ar-AA1zwS2y
maybe they should've given him a different codename:
zolotoy dozhd'
aka golden shower donnie.
that has a nice ring to it
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