Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham, an authority on the Trump-Putin relationship, has released a new book and a series of Substack posts warning that the United States is succumbing to tyranny under President Donald Trump, whom she describes as a traitor controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Graham, who spent nearly twenty years in Russia, Central Asia, and Ukraine working on USAID contracts, argues that Trump's actions are weakening the U.S. both financially and on the world stage, and that the administration mirrors Kremlin operations.
In a recent Substack post, Graham drew parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and the current state of American democracy, quoting Cicero: 'A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.' She asserts that many Americans doubt Trump is a traitor, but she cites evidence from her experience and from sources such as a 2024 Guardian report that Russian organized crime earns $3 billion annually in the U.S. through gambling and drug distribution, laundered through Trump condos.
Graham's book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans,' has received praise from Kirkus Reviews, which called it 'an intriguing and informative must read.' One Amazon reader stated, 'The evidence described in this book by the author Ms. Graham is substantial.' Another noted, 'To live and work under dictatorships for 20 years gave her an understanding like no other of what is happening to our country.'
Graham details how Trump allegedly became a KGB asset, referencing an interview with former KGB operative Oleg Kalugin in Craig Unger's 'American Kompromat.' She claims Trump was 'wined and dined, and then trapped' during a Moscow visit, and that photos were taken at a nightclub where underage prostitution was provided. She also alleges that Trump's net worth increased by $2 billion in the past year, citing a 2025 Forbes report, and that Russian deposits of $100 million bailed out his businesses, as verified by his sons in Vanity Fair and Business Insider.
The author, who held top-secret clearances and worked undercover for the CIA, warns that the closure of USAID—which she says was a source of intelligence for the CIA—has led to predictions of 22 million preventable deaths in Africa by 2030, according to The Lancet and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She calls this 'deliberate murder' comparable to Hitler and Stalin. Graham also notes that Trump's actions, including removing U.S. troops from Germany and attempting to negate NATO, align with Putin's wishes.
Graham's Substack, egraham.substack.com, offers daily or weekly posts drawing on her decades of experience. Her book is available at Amazon, with more information at democrazy2020.org. Graham, who lives in Arizona, had a daughter who died in Japan under suspicious circumstances, which she links to Russian methods.
