Russia worries about "virulent and bipartisan anti-Russian campaign" following Trump ouster

[Miles Archer]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/russia-worried-trump-will-be-killed-or-forced-from-office/

The Russian government is worried President Donald Trump will be killed or forced out of the White House before his term is up. The concerns come as Trump's administration has been criticized for its close ties to the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“What the Kremlin fears most today is that Trump may be ousted or even killed. His ouster, Kremlin insiders argue, is bound to unleash a virulent and bipartisan anti-Russian campaign in Washington,” Foreign Policy magazine wrote this week. “The Kremlin is perfectly aware that Democrats want to use Russia to discredit and possibly impeach Trump while Republican elites want to use Russia to deflate and discipline Trump. The Russian government fears not only Trump’s downfall, of course, but also the possibility that he could opportunistically switch to a tough anti-Moscow line in order to make peace with hawkish Republican leaders in Congress.”

Senate Republicans have already called for an investigation into Trump's relationship with Putin after the president's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned Monday because of his discussions with Moscow about U.S. sanctions. Flynn was accused of lying to senior Trump White House officials about the details of those conversations.

Lawmakers do have the tools to kick Trump out. The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution details how lawmakers can remove a president deemed “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” That would leave Vice President Mike Pence in charge, and while Pence is popular among many traditional Republicans in Congress, it's unlikely the House and Senate will remove Trump, analysts predict.

[elehhhhna]

1. Wouldn't be shocked to see Russia martyr this guy. They do shit like that.

How else can they shut this down? If I were him or his family I'd be terrified right now.

No brand, no future business, shame, and humiliation.

[C_U_L8R]

2. They know Trump's toast

They need to atone.

[RobinA]

3. I Guess The Time

to worry about that stuff was BEFORE they mucked in our politics.

[Hortensis]

4. "deflate and discipline Trump" as in blackmail?

What else. It really sounds like Russia believes our "elites" have additional information, not already known to the world, that could be used to take out an uncooperative Trump.

Not that that wasn't already widely suspected.

Also, of course, that Russia was very possibly doing the very same thing, the only theory so many knowledgeable observers could come up with that would fully explain 45's inexplicable behaviors toward Russia.

[SticksnStones]

5. Wait, are they implying that trump will be assassinated by ANTI Russian forces?!?

Holy crap! Are they going to take him out and blame the Democrats?!?

If I was a Trump I'd change my name to Doe real quick...maybe enter witness protection program.

But dayum, look at how easy it was to take out Kim Jong's brother...

And the head of our secret service is stepping down...not gonna swear to take a bullet for 45 ~



My head hurts ~

[tanyev]

6. Guess they'd better call him back to Russia for sanctuary, then.