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^that clear enough?
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I believe that's what I reiterated here:https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1005914104240967680 …
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emptywheel @emptywheelReplying to @empiricalerror @0xdeadbabeHere? I'm trying to distinguish what IS your clear stance: that Trump would be pro-RU no matter what (with no leverage), from whether or not you think RU does have leverage -- I'm not sure where you've stated that. https://twitter.com/empiricalerror/status/1005895973409783811 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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trump thinks: - putin / russia is essential to "solving" terrorism and other problems. - trump admires putin's "leadership style" -- basically, trump would like to govern as putin does. putin is trump's ideal of a "strong leader." no leverage / blackmail theory is required.
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Color me skeptical that those two things alone are enough to explain Trump’s attitudes and actions, in the face of blindingly bad optics, towards Putin and Russia.
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trump's entire campaign was essentially run on "bad optics"... and he won.
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That was pre-investigation, and ~365 of 24/7 news on the topic. Most agree at this point that his future is tied to politics. Now that the risk is greater, and the overall storyline built out, bad optics can have consequences.
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yeah, congress is outraged and will do something any minute now. lol.
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TBF, sanctions are the one thing Congress has tried to force.
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Adding, I think it would take some complexity to describe the degree to which Congress has succeeded or not.
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and twitter is the wrong forum for that. be that as it may, trump has done and is doing far worse than bumbling around wrt russian sanctions and congress has done zip.
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