Neither Putin nor Trump can disentangle themselves from the scarlet thread of Maidan that binds them together.

On the 5th of this month I wrote that,

"As reported by Patricia Zengerle,

"Two months after signing it, President Donald Trump has not begun enforcing a law imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, Senators John McCain (left) and Ben Cardin said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday

Also, with just two days to go, his administration has not provided information related to Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors required under the measure by Sunday, they said." (Reuters :September 29, 2017) (my emphasis) 

Surkov and Volker's impending meeting could be due to Putin's awarness that the net of impeachment is now fast falling upon Trump." (blog entry: 5/10/2017)

This deadline has now passed, and Trump has, as yet, NOT signed into law the Sanctions Bill detailing sanctions against Putin because of his meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections, and which was passed UNANIMOUSLY by BOTH the US Senate and House of Congress.

As reported by Rachel Maddow (right) (MSNBC : The Rachel Maddow Show 12/10/17)

"The president signed the Russian sanctions bill on August 2nd (2017), and here's the interesting part ... signed it on August 2nd ... the thing he signed ... that new law ... gave him a deadline of October 1st to implement these new sanctions against Russia to punish them for attacking our election .... It's now October 12th, and those sanctions are not in place .. He [Trump] has not done anything ..."
 
US Congressman Adam Schiff (left), during Maddow's interview with him, also states that,

"One of the things alleged in the [Steele] dossier ... which we are investigating ... try to corroborate ... is the claim that there was an agreement (between Trump officials and Putin) to ease sanctions on [Russia] to get derogatory information on Hillary Clinton" (cf video below)

Flailing Trump is now also trying to 'legitimise' getting rid of incriminating information that not only exposes the 'collusion' between Putin and himself during the 2016 US presidential election, but also exposes the fact that his sacking of James Comey, former FBI director, was done soley to obstruct the FBI from gathering the information that categorically proves that such collusion took place.

It now transpires that, contrary to the Presidential Records Act,

"... Trump administration staffers were using special messaging applications designed to destroy the contents of communications inspired a lawsuit by two open government groups." (Adam Mazmanian (right): FCW : Oct 10, 2017) (my emphasis)

Adam Mazmanian goes on to further report that,

"The Justice Department, in a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, argues that the president [Trump] has near-total authority over the disposition of presidential records under the law." (ibid Mazmanian) (my emphasis)

The extent and degree to which Trump will go to eliminate evidence about his collussion with Putin during the 2016 US presidential elections seems to know no bounds.

More importantly, the extend and degree to which Trump will go to pay Putin back for helping him gain the White House by witholding signing into law the sanctions against Putin for his interference in the 2016 US presidential elections and, more significantly, also desperately trying to remove those US sanctions against Putin because of his illegal annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his ongoing war with Ukraine in the Donbas, also seems to know no bounds. 

Neither Putin nor Trump can disentangle themselves from the scarlet thread of Maidan that continues to bind them together.

(to be continued)