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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI predict Putin will cut trump loose to drift on his own soon. He will see that trump is weak and
no use to him anymore.
Trump, Rudy and Bar look like the gang that couldn't shoot straight to Putin.
At that point the dominoes begin to fall. The sharks at the SDNY will circle around. Trump will look like a liability to other repubs and he will lose their support. Trump will not be a threat anymore.
When repubs can go to town halls and explain to tump's base that trump's support is not good for the effort to hold the Senate the game is over.
C_U_L8R
(44,895 posts)maryellen99
(3,781 posts)dalton99a
(81,068 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)looks at the Trump-Putin phone calls is a sign they know he's going down and they're trying to cut him loose.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)watch for actions coming from Deutche Bank and Citi Corp about additional Loan reserves to cover nonperforming Real Estate Loans in the even Billion Dollar amounts. 10k's will be interesting in January.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)Trump is still a very useful asset to Putin. And I believe that many Republicans received money from the Russians through bogus businesses, PAC's, and the NRA...and Putin has the names and amounts.
Trump is the lead puppet in Putin's show and the Republican party are the supporting actors, and they will not stray from the script they've been given.
As you say it's Trump's base, not the Republican base...and that base will turn on any Republican office holder who attempts to pull their support from Trump...
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)Trump may lose his value, but Putin will squeeze him like a tube of toothpaste in order to get the last glop.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)This has been a long-term investment for Putin, and there is no way he will let it go so easily.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)Trump is going to melt like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.
William Seger
(10,742 posts)Trump's extraordinary talent for divisiveness is still very useful to Putin.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)RockRaven
(14,784 posts)Russian state media has already started saying things which make it worse for Trump.