Grooveriding
Diamond Member
I see two possibilities on why Trump is neglecting his duty and leaving his country open to Russia continuing to control a portion of the American electorate. 1: He knows and was involved in their interference. 2: The reality of the interference is too much for his fragile ego and weak personality to handle. It diminishes the election win he carries on about endlessly, in that it attributes a portion of his win to Russia's influence having swung some voters in his favour. In the face of this he shuts down and pretends it's not real because his ego cannot handle knowing it, or the thought of others knowing it. He puts his ego before his country, when he is the President.
I'm more inclined to believe it's number two. Trump is a simpleton and predictable, he doesn't do a good job at containing his emotions and it shows a pattern of his weaknesses.
It seems reasonable that there may have been collusion and it will likely come out if it's there. I'm more inclined to believe it was people involved in the campaign, close to him, who had their future goals reliant on his success. The people involved in his campaign who had those close to ties to Russian intelligence and government officials. Trump may have some sense of the smell of it, but I doubt any direct orchestration on his part, he's just not sharp enough for that sort of effort. Look how easily he gets outplayed time and again by Russia, other foreign leaders, Comey etc. One thing I expected to see after he won is exactly this, the scrutiny placed on his office revealing just how ineffectual and out of his element Trump is in a job of such complexity and responsibility. Someone with sharp intelligence and finesse would have been able to remove Comey without the ensuing shitshow Trump brought on himself. I'm not surprised he admires Putin, because Putin is as corrupt and as much a sociopath as Trump, but is also intelligent and adept at manipulating high order machinations to further his ends. Trump's only useful skill is standing up at rallies and getting his fanatical base all charged up with rhetoric, he falls flat when it comes to doing his job. My guess if there is collusion, is that it's Flynn, Manafort & Page - possibly Kushner - who are the prime suspects.
I'm more inclined to believe it's number two. Trump is a simpleton and predictable, he doesn't do a good job at containing his emotions and it shows a pattern of his weaknesses.
It seems reasonable that there may have been collusion and it will likely come out if it's there. I'm more inclined to believe it was people involved in the campaign, close to him, who had their future goals reliant on his success. The people involved in his campaign who had those close to ties to Russian intelligence and government officials. Trump may have some sense of the smell of it, but I doubt any direct orchestration on his part, he's just not sharp enough for that sort of effort. Look how easily he gets outplayed time and again by Russia, other foreign leaders, Comey etc. One thing I expected to see after he won is exactly this, the scrutiny placed on his office revealing just how ineffectual and out of his element Trump is in a job of such complexity and responsibility. Someone with sharp intelligence and finesse would have been able to remove Comey without the ensuing shitshow Trump brought on himself. I'm not surprised he admires Putin, because Putin is as corrupt and as much a sociopath as Trump, but is also intelligent and adept at manipulating high order machinations to further his ends. Trump's only useful skill is standing up at rallies and getting his fanatical base all charged up with rhetoric, he falls flat when it comes to doing his job. My guess if there is collusion, is that it's Flynn, Manafort & Page - possibly Kushner - who are the prime suspects.
