NYT: Putins Bet on Trump Backfires Spectacularly

[Adrahil]

6. After seeing Richard Engel's report....

I think Putin already achieved all his primary objectives. He's sown chaos in US politics, he's destroyed the US as the leader of the Western World, he's undermined the Western alliances.

Anything now is gravy.

He could not be happier.

Here's the thing... the Russians never really had a detailed "collusion" plan, I think....

They intended to enable to Trump to destroy us from the inside, being fully aware he required no direction to do so.

But don't get me wrong.... I think they have all kinds of kompromat on him. It makes him hesitate and vacillate, and ultimately further undermines American leadership.

Not to mention, now many GrOPer "patriots" suddenly think Russian oligarchs are our friends.

I hate to say it, but it's been a phenomenally successful intelligence campaign by the Russians.