state oil conglomerate he controls to remove the sanctions. Recently there was another report of the sale of some nineteen percent of that company to an undisclosed buyer. It was financed by a Russian bank and channeled through a truly confusing myriad of shell companies, one of which was eventually traced to Cayman. I expect real journalists are now busy with their investigations and there will be more concrete reports. On the surface it has all the hallmarks of a Putin operation.

patterned his campaign and rules on the basis of his publicly stated admiration of Putin, and that brings into focus the question how far is Trump planning to go? Will journalists also be included? This is not being an alarmist. Our nation as we know it has already changed for the worst, and there can be no disputing that the slide will continue. Trump does not intend to govern. He intends to rule. Again, how far will he be allowed to go? And to what extent? In my lifetime l have already had to flee from another country because of a tinpot dictator who lacked the racist intent.