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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Suppose I'm Vladimir Putin. I'm definitely sending back channel signals to Trump that I will grant him and his extended family political asylum, protection, and a generous monthly allowance so they can all live like Russian oligarchs for the remainder of their lives in exchange for divulging American state secrets, right? Like this is almost certainly happening, right? And does anyone trust Trump enough not to commit treason over selfishly enriching himself?
Edit: I suppose the only reason why this wouldn't be a probable scenario is if Putin believes Trump is so stupid and ill-informed that he doesn't know any valuable intelligence worth sharing.
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Putin's calculation is going to be whether the massive shock to the US and its democracy of Trump being proved to be a Russian asset, all be it a moronic one, is worth the cost of knowing the US will then make changes to make this kind of operation harder in the future