this debacle. The Mercers through Bannon and Cambridge Analytica and the NRA surreptitiously (or so they thought) funneling Russian money to Trump's campaign. Mariia Butina was apparently one of the convenient conduits for dark money flooding the campaign from NRA coffers. She's been indicted and from what I've read faces up to 15 years if found guilty. I suspect the NRA will fight these allegations to the death, so I don't see them moving from the Trumpster camp. Unless Butina coughs up her guts, of course. Then, I guess, all bets are off.
The Mercers bet a lot on the Trumpster horse but their involvement and money in CA puts them at risk now. So, they'll stick to Trump and hopefully--if the gods are good--the whole crew will go down together.
As for the Koch's, I read they really do not like Trump or his policies. They got their tax give away but they may sit on a chunk of the big money. Then there's Adelson. He'll definitely stick because he's just as corrupt as the Donald and managed to facilitate our embassy move to Jerusalem. There are plenty of corporations that profited from the tax give away, so they'll stick unless things get so ugly and dirty that they cut their losses, try to pretend they never supported nor conveniently overlooked the Trumpster's craven message of bigotry and racism.
As for the base? They're already feeling the pain of lousy economic policy. They got zip out of the tax 'deform.' healthcare is skyrocketing and the opioid disaster has yet to be addressed. The stupid tariffs hit them directly. Yet cult-like they still support Trump. Though I really wonder how long that can last. Spite and anger just doesn't make it at the dinner table or pay the mortgage or buy shoes for the kids.
I think the Republicans are tipping their hats to their donors. They won't start howling until they lose their jobs in November.
Then and only then, the game table changes and we have a chance of putting things back on the rails.
If the Blue Wave doesn't happen? I don't wish to tempt fate by even sending that message into the Universe.
We're going to win in November. Because we must.
As for Putin? I really wonder what he'll do if he sees his Grand Scheme going south, the evidence growing that irrefutably points the finger squarely at him and his rich henchmen? The Trumpster will find out quickly, I think, that Putin will kick him to the curb, maybe release that compromising data everyone suspects he's gathered. Things could get very dicey, very quickly.
Buckle up, as they say. We're in for a rough ride.
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