So does the Madman temporarily dial back today, throw out a little tough talk against Putin....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

....only to do another 180 in the next couple of days back to his graces. In other words, similar to his Charlottesville reaction.

Or does he go completely all in for Putin, balls to the wall, dam the torpedoes?

[dalton99a]

1. He'll double down

and the audience will dutifully applaud

[MineralMan]

2. That won't wash any more. The stain is set already.

Time to use that shirt as a rag.

[Meadowoak]

3. Remember, he is really only talking to his base, he will come out and deny everything, and they will

Believe him....FAKE NEWS!

[MoonRiver]

4. Depends on what his master Vlad tells him to do.

[unblock]

5. of course he'll double down. all that's missing is the catchphrase of the day, he'll supply that.

usually foxnews comes up with one but for a change they drew a blank. perhaps they felt the need to criticize donnie, a more or less annual event designed to allow them to pretend they're objective.

so the right-wing media is momentarily adrift without a talking point, but fear not, donnie will provide them one, or more likely four or five. then foxnews will latch on to one of them and the rest of them will be repeating it and the brief panic of donnie selling out the republic will quickly fade....

[jpljr77]

6. His statements will have nothing to do with Putin, Russia or foreign relations.

Everything will be about Mueller's "witch hunt," Obama (throwing GWB in there for "balance&quot , the DNC email servers, and of course, Hillary Clinton. OH, and the media....always the media.