{"id":13592,"date":"2025-08-30T00:17:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=13592"},"modified":"2025-08-31T04:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T02:20:20","slug":"sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 1987 \u2013 Trump\u2019s First Trip to Russia with Ivana and the Beginning of an Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the summer of 1987, Donald Trump embarked on a conspicuous trip to the Soviet Union with his then-wife Ivana \u2013 embedded in a European tour that first took him to Paris and then on to Moscow and Leningrad. The visit was arranged and organized by the state-run travel agency Intourist, which hosted Western businessmen on behalf of the Soviet authorities. Officially it was about potential hotel projects in Moscow, but the trip was far more than a tourist venture: Trump and Ivana were received by officials, guided through representative sites, and also taken to the Catherine Palace near Leningrad, where the well-known photos of the couple in baroque halls glittering with gold were taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The background of this invitation raises questions to this day. At that time, Trump was an up-and-coming real estate developer from New York, whose name had become known above all in Manhattan with the construction of Trump Tower. That he was courted by Soviet authorities shows how carefully Moscow selected Western businessmen it could instrumentalize for its own interests. It was not only about hard currency and prestige projects, but also about the possibility of establishing ties to the American economic elite. Trump seemed a fitting candidate: ambitious, media-savvy, receptive to glamour and attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Design-ohne-Titel448.webp?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Design-ohne-Titel448.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Design-ohne-Titel448.webp?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Design-ohne-Titel448.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Design-ohne-Titel448.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trip took place in a time of upheaval. Mikhail Gorbachev had proclaimed glasnost and perestroika, and the relationship between East and West was beginning to change. For the Soviet leadership it was a balancing act: on the one hand signaling openness, on the other hand trying to influence influential personalities in the West. Trump and Ivana moved through a carefully staged backdrop that combined Russia\u2019s old imperial heritage with the ambitions of a socialist great power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his return to the United States, Trump suddenly displayed a striking new foreign policy profile. As early as September 1987, he took out full-page ads in several major U.S. newspapers \u2013 including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe \u2013 in which he criticized American foreign policy. He accused Washington of being too soft toward allies such as Japan and Saudi Arabia and called for a tougher international stance. For a real estate developer with no political experience, this was a remarkable step. Many observers see this as the beginning of Trump\u2019s effort to cast himself as a foreign policy voice \u2013 an impulse possibly reinforced by his impressions in Moscow and Leningrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In retrospect, this trip looks like a harbinger. The fascination with Russia, the distrust of traditional alliances, the willingness to place national strength above diplomatic conventions \u2013 all these are themes that shaped Trump\u2019s later political actions. In 1987 he was still at the beginning of his career, but the image of the young businessman posing with Ivana in gilded halls is more than a historical curiosity. It is an indication of how early he was willing to be impressed by the aura of authoritarian power \u2013 a red thread that would extend all the way into his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\"><strong>Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction \u2013 and your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/unterstuetzen-sie-unser-arbeit\/\" style=\"background-color:#f3a006;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"popcorn-panic,topstory,trump-s-world\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1756513062\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popcorn-panic","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession - The Kaizen Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Kaizen Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rainer.hofmann.2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"508\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rainer Hofmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rainer Hofmann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rainer Hofmann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\"},\"headline\":\"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":531,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Popcorn Panic\",\"Topstory\",\"Trumpland\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession - The Kaizen Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\"},\"description\":\"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"width\":900,\"height\":508},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Kaizen Blog\",\"description\":\"Investigativer Journalismus\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\",\"name\":\"Rainer Hofmann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials\",\"caption\":\"Rainer Hofmann\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession - The Kaizen Blog","description":"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession","og_description":"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...","og_url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/","og_site_name":"The Kaizen Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rainer.hofmann.2025\/","article_published_time":"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":508,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Rainer Hofmann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rainer Hofmann","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/"},"author":{"name":"Rainer Hofmann","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0"},"headline":"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession","datePublished":"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/"},"wordCount":531,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","articleSection":["Popcorn Panic","Topstory","Trumpland"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/","url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/","name":"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession - The Kaizen Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-08-29T22:17:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-31T02:20:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0"},"description":"Im Sommer 1987 begab sich Donald Trump mit seiner damaligen Ehefrau Ivana auf eine auff\u00e4llige Reise in die Sowjetunion \u2013 eingebettet in eine Europatour, die ihn zun\u00e4chst nach Paris f\u00fchrte und dann weiter nach Moskau und Leningrad. Eingeladen und organisiert wurde der Aufenthalt von der staatlichen Reiseagentur Intourist, die westliche Gesch\u00e4ftsleute im Auftrag der sowjetischen Beh\u00f6rden betreute. Offiziell ging es um m\u00f6gliche Hotelprojekte in Moskau, doch die Reise hatte weit mehr als touristischen Charakter: Trump und Ivana wurden von Offiziellen empfangen ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","width":900,"height":508},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/sommer-1987-trumps-erste-russlandreise-mit-ivana-und-der-beginn-einer-obsession\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sommer 1987 \u2013 Trumps erste Russlandreise mit Ivana und der Beginn einer Obsession"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/","name":"The Kaizen Blog","description":"Investigative Journalism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0","name":"Rainer Hofmann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=initials","caption":"Rainer Hofmann"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org"],"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29319,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wer-trump-wegen-epstein-jagen-will-muss-sein-ganzes-leben-umdrehen-und-findet-dabei-viel-mehr-als-erwartet-teil-i\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":0},"title":"Whoever wants to pursue Trump over Epstein must turn his entire life upside down - and will find far more than expected - Part I","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"17. February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Die Wut ist sp\u00fcrbar, wenn Donald Trumps Name neben dem von Jeffrey Epstein auftaucht. Alte Fotos, gemeinsame Partys, freundschaftliche \u00c4u\u00dferungen aus den Neunzigern \u2013 das Bild scheint klar. Doch wer Trump tats\u00e4chlich \u00fcber diese Verbindung zu Fall bringen will, muss tiefer graben. Viel tiefer. Was dann zum Vorschein kommt, ist\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Documentation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Documentation","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/documentation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kaizennewsday-2026-02-17T034343.495.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kaizennewsday-2026-02-17T034343.495.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kaizennewsday-2026-02-17T034343.495.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kaizennewsday-2026-02-17T034343.495.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9889,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/miss-moskau-marco-und-das-manoever-wie-rubio-trumps-heikelste-episode-ausbremste\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":1},"title":"Miss Moscow, Marco, and the Maneuver \u2013 How Rubio Defused Trump\u2019s Most Delicate Episode","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"23. July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Es ist eine dieser Fu\u00dfnoten der Geschichte, die eigentlich laut knallen m\u00fcsste \u2013 doch kaum jemand h\u00f6rte sie. Vergraben in einem Kongressbericht, betreut von niemand Geringerem als Senator Marco Rubio, schlummern Details einer Begegnung, die sowohl f\u00fcr den damaligen Gesch\u00e4ftsmann Donald Trump als auch f\u00fcr den heutigen Pr\u00e4sidenten von gr\u00f6\u00dftem\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Popcorn Panic&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Popcorn Panic","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/popcorn-panic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen56.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen56.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen56.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen56.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7268,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/trump-und-putin-sprechen-fast-eine-stunde-vielleicht-mit-ein-paar-guten-witzen-auf-kosten-der-weltordnung\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":2},"title":"Trump and Putin talk for nearly an hour - \"Perhaps with a few good jokes at the expense of world order\"","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"3. July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington\/Moskau \u2013 US-Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump und der russische Pr\u00e4sident Wladimir Putin haben am heutigen 3. Juli ein rund einst\u00fcndiges Telefongespr\u00e4ch gef\u00fchrt. Das best\u00e4tigte Putins au\u00dfenpolitischer Berater Juri Uschakow gegen\u00fcber der russischen Nachrichtenagentur TASS. Laut Uschakow thematisierte Trump unter anderem die M\u00f6glichkeit eines schnellen Endes der Kampfhandlungen zwischen Russland und der\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inferno Ukraine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inferno Ukraine","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/inferno-ukraine\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/call.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/call.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/call.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/call.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":633,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/putins-fehlen-bei-den-friedensgespraechen-putins-absence-at-the-peace-talks\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":3},"title":"Putin\u2019s Absence at the Peace Talks","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"15. May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Die Farce von Istanbul. Es war ein Moment, der alles \u00fcber den Zustand des Ukraine-Kriegs offenbarte: W\u00e4hrend Wolodymyr Selenskyj in Ankara neben dem t\u00fcrkischen Pr\u00e4sidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan stand und seine Delegation f\u00fcr direkte Gespr\u00e4che mit Russland in Istanbul ank\u00fcndigte, stellte er eine einfache Frage: \u201eWollen Sie sich treffen? Dann\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inferno Ukraine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inferno Ukraine","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/inferno-ukraine\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-istanbul-putin-not-coming.webp?fit=990%2C496&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-istanbul-putin-not-coming.webp?fit=990%2C496&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-istanbul-putin-not-coming.webp?fit=990%2C496&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-istanbul-putin-not-coming.webp?fit=990%2C496&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1741,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wenn-der-kreml-den-spiegel-dreht-trumps-verrueckt-aussage-und-moskaus-kalkulierte-retour\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":4},"title":"When the Kremlin Holds Up the Mirror \u2013 Trump\u2019s \u201cCrazy\u201d Remark and Moscow\u2019s Calculated Comeback","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"26. May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Es war ein Satz, wie ihn nur Donald Trump formulieren kann \u2013 direkt, grell, maximal entgleisend: \u201ePutin has gone absolutely crazy.\u201c Keine diplomatische Note, kein Vorbehalt, kein Subtext. Ein Urteil, das in seiner Sch\u00e4rfe ebenso \u00fcberraschend kam wie der Absender selbst \u2013 jener US-Pr\u00e4sident, der sich jahrelang als Putin-Versteher inszenierte,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inferno Ukraine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inferno Ukraine","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/inferno-ukraine\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putin-trump-2025.webp?fit=994%2C502&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putin-trump-2025.webp?fit=994%2C502&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putin-trump-2025.webp?fit=994%2C502&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putin-trump-2025.webp?fit=994%2C502&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12457,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-gipfel-der-illusionen\/","url_meta":{"origin":13592,"position":5},"title":"The Summit of Illusions","author":"Alan Gallardo","date":"18. August 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Es ist ein Montag, an dem die Welt nach Washington blickt \u2013 und doch zweifelt kaum jemand ernsthaft daran, dass dieser Gipfel ein br\u00fcchiges Fundament hat. Im Wei\u00dfen Haus versammeln sich heute die Spitzen Europas, um an der Seite von Wolodymyr Selenskyj ein Zeichen der Geschlossenheit gegen Moskau zu setzen:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inferno Ukraine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inferno Ukraine","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/inferno-ukraine\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin60.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin60.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin60.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin60.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin252.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}