So, Trump, the "laughingstock," is on his way here to Europe. Here's my take on what is going on:

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71. Dugin is VERY bad news

Any connection he has to any of Trump's pals should be viewed with alarm. He is an unabashed, unapologetic brown shirt.

I find it disturbing that for all the smoke being produced about Bannon being "out," he doesn't seem to have moved a millimeter, just made himself more low key (and therefore not so much of a target). To me, that just means that you are right about the Russian connection being alive and well. The Republicans seem to tolerate this--either because they are being paid well enough, or because none of these prominent Russians are "kommanists." Don't even ASK a Republican to remember the Ribbentrop-Molotov deal of 1939. Most Republicans don't even know there WAS a year 1939.

Even more so than Bush lite, I think it has to be obvious at this point that there are a few pullers of Trump's strings. It has to be evident to just about everyone at this point that without "a little help from his friends," Trump couldn't tell you who is buried in Grant's tomb.