Here is the unasked question: What is Putin's plan for Trump's 2nd term and what will Putin do...

[Grasswire2]

....to make that term happen?

Putin's ambitions likely do not end with the simple lifting of sanctions and a bromance with a fairly repulsive man.

Can we foresee the ways in which he would help Trump win a GE?

And can we discern (from world history, from Putin's playbook, from informed speculation) what Putin's intention for America is?

We see the sowing of chaos in the land as a known precursor to the pre-totalitarian state. That seems to be where we are. Agree? Disagree?

It seems important to remember that Putin's plan is longer than Trump's current term.

[bettyellen]

1. It's been asked by Hillary. Many times and as recently as this week on TRMS.

[Grasswire2]

3. well, Rachel Maddow's show and Hillary's former public presence are a small corner of public ...

...discourse.

And they are sources that could be considered partisan in nature.

I was looking for neutral observers -- from perhaps historians or foreign relations perspective.

[bettyellen]

4. Perhaps you could edit your OP, since the question has been asked many times?

[Grasswire2]

5. Perhaps you could refrain from telling other DU members what to post and how to post it? nt

[bettyellen]

6. I thought you'd want an OP that's not bullshit, but whatever.

[dalton99a]

2. High on the to-do list: Put 2 or 3 more Trump judges on the Supreme Court

when the old liberals die or retire

[bdamomma]

7. Putin's plan to

take us down by a treasonous, greedy POS. Not a foreign terrorist, but a homegrown terrorist. Putin is holding the US by the balls. His plan is to have total dominance over us and taking down democracies around the world. And making us a third world country, unless we rise to the occasion.