It is now public, and international, knowledge that Putin intervened in the recent US presidential elections on behalf of getting Donald Trump elected President of the US.
Putin's interventions succeeded, and champagne corks were popping in the Kremlin and in the Russian Duma when Trump won the US presidential race.
But, like the unraveling of the Watergate scandal in 1972, that ultimately led to the impeachment of the then US President, Richard Nixon (right), the links between members of the Trump White House team and Putin is also beginning to unravel.
The Watergate scandal revolved around a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters by burglars who, when caught, were found to have cash on them that the FBI discovered had a direct connection to a slush fund "used by the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the official organization of Nixon's campaign." (Wikipedia)
Similarly, Putin's primary aim in giving all those emails that the Kremlin had 'electronically burgled' (hacked) from the Democratic Party to the pre-election Trump team was to ensure that once Trump was in the White House then he would ensure that the sanctions against Russia, that were precipitated by his invasion and annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his subsequent invasion of eastern Ukraine (Donbas), would be lifted.
What is now happening to the Trump administration rather unerringly mirrors what happened at Watergate.
Things are beginning to unravel within the Trump administration, to the utter dismay of Putin and his Kremlin 'siloviki'.
"Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's national security adviser, [has been forced to resign] from his post after less than one month in office following reports that he had misled Vice-President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia." (Ruth Sherlock and Chris Graham : The Telegraph : 14 February 2017) (my emphasis)
Specifically, it now transpires that Michael Flynn's telephone discussions with Russian US ambassador, Sergei Kisilyak (right),
"...suggested that they had been more substantial, and concerned sanctions the Obama administration was about to impose on Moscow for interference in the presidential elections. Intelligence officials claimed that Flynn had given the impression the sanctions might be lifted once the Trump administration came to office on 20 January." (Julian Borger : The Guardian : Tuesday 14 February 2017) (my emphasis)
And as of yesterday (15/2/2017) the unraveling of the Putin-Trump connection continues apace.
Putin's gambit to help Trump get elected, and to then get Trump to help him with removing the US and EU sanctions against himself and his 'siloviki' clan because of his ill-fated Crimean and eastern Ukraine (Donbas) invasions, seems to be fading fast.
The scarlet thread of Maidan continues to wrap itself even tighter around both Putin and Trump.
It is now Putin's real nightmare if, as these events continue to unfold, Trump becomes the 'Nixon' of 2017.
(to be continued)
Putin's interventions succeeded, and champagne corks were popping in the Kremlin and in the Russian Duma when Trump won the US presidential race.But, like the unraveling of the Watergate scandal in 1972, that ultimately led to the impeachment of the then US President, Richard Nixon (right), the links between members of the Trump White House team and Putin is also beginning to unravel.The Watergate scandal revolved around a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters by burglars who, when caught, were found to have cash on them that the FBI discovered had a direct connection to a slush fund "used by the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the official organization of Nixon's campaign." (Wikipedia)Similarly, Putin's primary aim in giving all those emails that the Kremlin had 'electronically burgled' (hacked) from the Democratic Party to the pre-election Trump team was to ensure that once Trump was in the White House then he would ensure that the sanctions against Russia, that were precipitated by his invasion and annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his subsequent invasion of eastern Ukraine (Donbas), would be lifted.
What is now happening to the Trump administration rather unerringly mirrors what happened at Watergate.
Things are beginning to unravel within the Trump administration, to the utter dismay of Putin and his Kremlin 'siloviki'."Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's national security adviser, [has been forced to resign] from his post after less than one month in office following reports that he had misled Vice-President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia." (Ruth Sherlock and Chris Graham : The Telegraph : 14 February 2017) (my emphasis)
Specifically, it now transpires that Michael Flynn's telephone discussions with Russian US ambassador, Sergei Kisilyak (right),"...suggested that they had been more substantial, and concerned sanctions the Obama administration was about to impose on Moscow for interference in the presidential elections. Intelligence officials claimed that Flynn had given the impression the sanctions might be lifted once the Trump administration came to office on 20 January." (Julian Borger : The Guardian : Tuesday 14 February 2017) (my emphasis)
And as of yesterday (15/2/2017) the unraveling of the Putin-Trump connection continues apace.
Putin's gambit to help Trump get elected, and to then get Trump to help him with removing the US and EU sanctions against himself and his 'siloviki' clan because of his ill-fated Crimean and eastern Ukraine (Donbas) invasions, seems to be fading fast.
The scarlet thread of Maidan continues to wrap itself even tighter around both Putin and Trump.
It is now Putin's real nightmare if, as these events continue to unfold, Trump becomes the 'Nixon' of 2017.
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