Beast published - then swiftly deleted - a story this weekend with allegations that Donald Trump has been recruited as a KGB asset since 1987 and was given the codename "Krasnov," citing a social media post by a former Soviet intelligence officer.

Former Chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee Alnur Mussayev claims the Soviet KGB recruited Donald Trump before the collapse of the USSR, assigning him the alias Krasnov

If Donald Trump had been recruited by the KGB when he was 40 years old, he would have been in a sleeper cell mode for 38 years before being activated as President of the United States. Is this the latest conspiracy story explaining his unexplained newfound love for Russian President Putin,

Alnur Mussayev, 72, who headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleges Donald Trump was recruited when he was a 40-year-old New York real estate developer

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." He alleges Trump's KGB file was later removed and is now privately controlled by a Putin associate.

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987, codenamed 'Krasnov'. Trump allegedly became an asset during a visit to the Soviet Union, with the KGB targeting influential Western figures.

President Donald Trump was recruited by the Soviet Union's KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti) back in 1987 and was also given a codename, a former intelligence officer alleged in a social media post.

A former Soviet intelligence officer has sensationally claimed that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename "Krasnov"

Donald Trump Recruited By KGB Under Codename Krasnov refers to an allegation by Alnur Musayev, the former head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee,