Originally Posted by
time4fun
ROFLMAO
First off- have you ever even worked in politics? Anyone who had would be laughing hysterically in your face right now.
But, more to the point, for your cute "what if" to be true- we'd have to believe that Vladimir Putin took great steps to separate out the Trump Tower Moscow project (and his $50m penthouse bribe) from all of his decisions around helping Trump get elected President. That would be frankly fucking astounding for anyone, but it would be particularly so for a man who regularly uses business deals to recruit assets.
On top of that, we'd have to then believe that TRUMP- scrupulous and deliberate as he is- didn't at all factor in the way he was treating Russia with the pending $300m Real Estate deal he needed Putin to sign off on in order to make it real. Of course, you'd be left having to explain why Trump lied about the real estate deal and ordered Cohen (and presumably his campaign staff and family) to lie about the deal to Congress.
And then you'd have to come up with some other explanation as to why candidate Trump- notoriously indifferent when it comes to policy- just "happened" to have picked up some REALLY strong opinions about NATO, Russian Sanctions, the Ukraine, and election meddling- all of which favored Russia at the expense of the US.
And THEN you'd have to explain why Trump decided to roll back Russian sanctions- which were levied for the election meddling- immediately after being elected- an explanation that would need to include some justification for why they tried to do it in secret. While you were at it, you'd have to explain why candidate Trump- who had been informed by the FBI and the Russian government that Putin was actively trying to help him win the election- repeatedly worked to convince people none of that was going on.
The fact that you thought it was wise or effective to substitute an empty platitude for any meaningful response to the specific situation is what indicates that you are just not very smart.