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In reply to the discussion: How does Trump Exit the Presidency? [View all]shanen
(349 posts)Not sure how it would actually go down in this scenario, but I am certain that Putin has LOTS of dirt on #PresidentTweety. Even though the Donald has no conceptions of humiliation, embarrassment, or even that he could have made an error, it's within Putin's power to destroy Trump whenever he feels like it. Not the peepee tape, though I have doubts about that even existing, but solid evidence of much more conventional crimes going back for decades.
The real question is what would provoke Putin to that degree. It can't be simple nonperformance, because I'm certain that he's been fully aware of Trump's incompetence for many years. No way he could be clinging to any expectations of Trump actually doing something useful to help Russia. More likely it would be due to some internal problem in Russia that called for an external distraction, and the Donald is really good at distraction. Nothing else, but Trump is a YUGE distraction.