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Subhead: "Putin has given up on the White Houseand thats terrible news for Trump"
http://observer.com/2017/07/trump-putin-russia-sanctions-diplomatic-operations/
That said, the person who ought to be really worried here is Donald Trump. He was elected with clandestine Kremlin help and he regularly hoisted fulsome praise on Vladimir Putinand now its all fallen apart. Only six months into his presidency, Moscow has assessed that Trump is a naif, an incompetent weakling who cannot deliver what Russia needs. He is therefore expendable.
As stereotypical Chekists, Putin and his retinue wanted chaos in America in 2016 and that surely Trump has delivered, with myriad assistance from Russias intelligence agencies. The mounting political crisis that the president has put himself in will eventually be his undoing, and the Kremlin is content to watch the unfolding mess in Washington consume American politics for months, perhaps years to come.
Now that Trump is expendable to Moscow, he ought to worry that leaks unflattering to him and his entourage may go public. We know that Russian hackers pillaged Republicans as well as Democrats in 2016, while only the latter have been disseminated by Kremlin fronts. Not to mention Trumps decades of shadowy financial dealings with Russian oligarchs, which the Kremlin surely knows all about. Putin is biding his time and, right now, hes holding most of the important cards. He may ultimately decide Trumps political fate, which now resides in Moscows hands.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)IF Trump were actually 100% innocent, which I do not believe for a second, he would be out in front of this story BEGGING the committees to work faster, work more openly and to protect him from the avalanche of Kremlin leaks to come...that is IF they were actually "fake news".
The best way to prove something is false is NOT to shut off the lights shining on it...
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Mr Putin has a habit of eliminating dangers to him...and failed assets. Is he looking for an "Oswald" to give Trump a Final Termination notice? Would he think he could get away with it? Why not? Given the state of our country, and the "media class", he probably thinks he can get away with anything...
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)After they let us know that Hillary did it
wiggs
(7,766 posts)aren't running around with hair on fire pointing out this same thing...that Trump is expendable, Putin holds the cards, the future is uncertain and possibly chaotic.
Girard442
(6,048 posts)If Putin should decide he wants a Trump who wields unchallenged power over America, he has a lot of tools that could make that happen.
awesomerwb1
(4,255 posts)I think it's telling how scared cheeto is about his russian connections if they haven't made a statement about Russia's retaliatory measures which seem extremely strong.