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(15,469 posts)The pute-in-charge (ex USSR KGB agent) knows how to get things done.
His mission was to direct the most unintelligent US citizens, the most unscrupulous politicians, and the most venal consultants into doing his will. A bit of money here, a bit of blackmail there. Having smart internet-savvy operatives available to stick it to the soft underbelly of the western networks really helps.
So the targets were the under-educated and gullible right-wingers, the repuglican party, and the louses (whoops, lice) that infect any warm body.
Kushner was greedy and desperate for more cash. As was his stupid FIL. Maybe the Chinese would have (or have already) coughed up a bit. But pute was friendly, even evoking admiration from the crook-in-chief. The Chinese are probably more open in the quid-pro-quo world.
A totally off-tangent subject: If the trumpian empire comes crashing down and hard, who does it take with it?