Is the President of the United States compromised by the Russian government?

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5. Probably yes. The president probably owes Russia a lot, maybe money, maybe just for the

publication of the e-mails, maybe for years of financial support/cooperation/pay/favors/who knows?

The Mueller investigation will find out whether he does or not. My guess is he does.

Manafort was paid by Russians, Russian oligarch(s), the pro-Russian Ukrainians and then worked for the Trump campaign for pay or not for pay -- to be determined.

We can't say yet with absolute certainty just what happened, but chances are pretty good that the president owes/owed/felt grateful or indebted to Russia and that his conduct as president has been and will be influenced by his unusual relationship with the Russian leadership and oligarchs.

Is it illegal? We shall see. Maybe. Maybe not, but certainly something that needs thorough investigation.

Is it grounds for impeachment? That too we shall find out.

I am unaware of any president or presidential candidate who was so close to or whose staff was so close to any other country. The list of Trump appointees who have or had some unusual relationship with Russia or Russian oligarchs is quite astounding. Russia is not our ally. So that makes it all the more astounding. Russia is probably not exactly an "enemy," but it is not our ally. So the situation makes no sense at all in terms of our political history.