I'm starting to think Putin has given up on trump but since he has the opportunity

[captain queeg]

He’s giving trump directions to totally blow his chance for re-election, just wanting to gauge how many Americans are so willfully stupid and eager to believe the most outlandish bullshit. It’ll be useful knowledge going forward; who could believe how many Americans are wiling to ignore facts that are literally killing them?

[sboatcar]

1. I think Putin got what he wanted out of him

now he's ready to burn him.

That seems to be the MO with Russia and their intelligence assets. I've got a feeling that they guaranteed a lot of his loans with deutschebank and they're holding that over his head. Either that or he owes them hundreds of millions and they've been keeping it quiet as long as he plays nice. Now they've gotten what they wanted by weakening America and he'll burn him because he thinks he's a despicable person.

[world wide wally]

3. yep!

[GusBob]

2. Putin plays the long game

3 things
He issued a mask mandate: why?
He downplayed some of the Hunter Biden stuff: why?
The new ransomware attack on hospitals: why?

This is just the stuff we know about

Trump will always be his useful idiot. Seems like Trumps kids will be too

Unless the GOP can rid itself of Trumpism Putin will still have it under his control

[redstateblues]

4. All window dressing. Putin has a tight grip on Trump