putting Trump in there.

Badly.

Trump support was "job 3", a late addition to the list of tasks, with "actually get him elected" being on the "wouldn't this be cool, but it's not going to happen" list.

1. Weaken US--trust in electoral system, increase divisions.
2. Hurt HRC's prospects.
3. Help Trump.

Notice that until the primaries were over, #2 meant helping a variety of people. After the primaries were over, #2 = #3.

As for being "pro-Trump" in general, remember what the social media hearings "revealed"? That within a day or two after Trump was elected--not inaugurated, mind you--a large portion of the pro-Trump sources went anti-Trump.

Why?

Because creating and deepening dissent against an elected president, any elected president, helps paralyze a country's politics. If you create deep enough divisions in society, the society is so focused on internal fighting that by the time they realize there's an external threat the external threat has some pretty nifty advantages.

For example, Trump's attitudes. Or the foolish assertion that "Russia's not a foe", which, when believed, let a foe do pretty much what it wanted, unimpeded. Because the most important enemy is still internal.

... is that the Russian economy was effectively created by American economists, who made sure to put a lot of Russian eggs in the world markets and knit it all together with quiet American financial backing.

So if those tax cuts pass and the US economy inevitably crashes, as it always does when the wealthiest Americans move into their predatory profit-taking behavior, the Russians are tied to the same boat-anchor.

I think it's entirely possible that Russian strategic goals, particularly a permanent naval base in Syria and an official transfer of the Crimea back to them, will be achieved, with their American puppet's total consent. But any exploitation from that improved strategic position will prove impossible because of domestic economic concerns.

He lies to everyone. Why would Pooty Poot be any different?


* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

“This artificial Democratic hit job gets in the way,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way to Hanoi, Vietnam. “It gets in the way. And that’s a shame. Because people will die because of it.”

And who knows who the bad guys really are?

Or should I say who knows how many bad guys there really are?

On both sides of the fence.