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Vladimir Putin couldn’t have dreamed of a better scenario for the 2016 Presidential elections. Two candidates who were completely polarizing in their own ways. One who he would see as a threat because she was seasoned, experienced and ruthless, but carried a lot of baggage. The other a newbie who by all accounts appeared to be inept, egomaniacal, and erratic, but also struck a chord with a large chunk of the American electorate. The choice for Vlad was clear.
Completely undermine the entire US government.
The question, what if Russia’s plan all along wasn’t simply getting Trump elected, but to totally leave our government in chaos and shambles? Impeachment hearings, prison sentences, and an American electorate left completely imploded would only allow room for Russia to strengthen their position on the world stage. Having Trump as President wouldn’t be a threat to them. Having him compromised could certainly improve their position.
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With the Trump administration’s lack of direction or ability to get anything accomplished, that many predicted during the campaign; the Kremlin hedged its bets. How could they guarantee a win/win scenario? Getting caught may be the quickest and easiest way to disrupt and discredit the American system of government.
The sloppy way that the interference was handled on the part of the Russians getting caught seems to be the goal. The latest scandal involving Donald Trump Jr. is so stupid and amateurish that I believe it may have been a Trojan horse. At the very least it was a testing of the waters by the Russians that turned into a goldmine.
If Russia could set into motion a series of events that led to the election of Trump, while at the same time setting the campaign up to be exposed at a later date the bet was hedged. The greatest position for an adversary to be in is to have compromising information on your opponent. The better position is for that adversary to believe they can trust you with that information.
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Trump apologists declare that because Trump Jr says nothing came from that meeting then no harm done. Beyond the fact that the timeline says otherwise, and there is at least an appearance that something did happen, the intent was there all along. The goal was to work with a known opponent of the US to take leadership of American government. Russia set the hook and was now in control.
Make no mistake; this was more than a bad decision. It was more than ignorance on someone that lacked political savviness. It was handing over two centuries of American leadership to our histories oldest enemy. It was abdicating our place as the leader of the free world. It was a surrender of any moral high ground that we still had.
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No matter what their ultimate goal was, it’s a win either way for them. If it all goes to shit, then America looks like a dysfunctional mess that can’t be relied on to lead. If it doesn’t then America looks like a dysfunctional mess that can’t be relied on to lead.
Add that to the fact that we have done absolutely nothing to prevent future interference we are set in for a long ride of looking like dumbasses.
Interesting article, but I have a much more precise diagnosis on this autopsy. Firstly,let’s take a good look at the “Shopping Mall” of the artificial country called the USA.The US is not a country but a massive Shopping Mall of defiled morals,leftist-liberal autocrasy that has been enforcing it’s pollutive policies throughout the world since the unfortunate downfall of Adolf Hitler who like it or not fought against these very attributes just like Vladimir Putin has been doing.Putin backed trump because they both spoke the same language & for a time during Trumps campaign when he spoke the same language as… Read more »