Nah, this is too unhinged/unsubstantiated even for the current discourse. Check out the @RadioFreeTom bit of the @onthemedia podcast I tweeted earlier.
I’m not criticizing you, I’m just saying that the Manchurian Candidate theory is far-fetched (given available info), and that it makes more sense that Trump was routinely cultivated as an exploitable asset https://twitter.com/onthemedia/status/1018842717718302720?s=21 … no cause to ascribe mythical powers to Putin