A White House official from the first Trump administration described Tom Rakusan as “a pipe swinger.”
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- A White House official from the first Trump administration described Tom Rakusan as “a pipe swinger.”
He was “a pipe swinger,” recalled a White House official from the first Trump administration, keen to hit the Russians back hard after their 2016 interference in the U.S. presidential election.
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Origin: extracted from Pentagon looks to build a deep-cover spy program to confront China · 2026-10-22 01:26