When a bankrupt reality‐TV tycoon stumbles towards the White House, Russian spies see their golden ticket.James Preston can barely manage his own finances, but Moscow meddling launches him from tabloid joke to leader of the free world.Dubbed "Operation Poodle," the plan is audacious: groom a narcissistic puppet whose every social media post could be weaponised. They didn't need to convince voters of anything - they just needed to make them doubt everything.