What does President Donald Trump's refusal to implement Congress's Russian sanctions law & his failure to direct Mike Rogers of the NSA to counter Russian cyber attempts to manipulate U.S. 2018 elections mean?
That Trump wants Putin to subvert our 2018 elections in favor of Trump GOP candidates? That seems to be an extremely reasonable inference. Didn't Trump call upon Russia during the 2016 campaign to use its cyber hacking capabilities to find Hillary's missing 30,000 emails? Trump seems quite comfortable colluding with Russia in pursuit of his own interests. Why not rig the 2018 elections. After all, it was Trump who claimed that the 2016 elections were rigged. We just hadn't realized at the time that what he meant was that they were rigged in his favor.
Trump's protectiveness when it comes to Putin may be a function of many factors, including Russian "dirt" on Trump for money laundering or other illicit or nefarious Trump behavior; or, a quid pro quo between Trump and Russia involving Russian intervention in favor of Trump in the 2016 elections in return for sanctions relief.
Whatever the specifics, Trump's posture toward Putin gives rise to the conclusion that they are in bed together, each pursuing his own self-interest at America's expense.
