You’d think that Trump would play down his affection for Russia when the investigations are widening and deepening into all the connections with Russia. But now Trump confidentes are saying that he is thinking about dropping the sanctions.
The investigations maybe bad news for Trump, but Putin is worse news.
He is making sure that Trump completes his side of the bargain before he is run out of office. Trump’s Russia policy (if you can it that) is to pretend that Putin is our friend and there’s no harm in warming up relations by giving Putin everything he wants: dropping sanctions, destroying NATO and giving him free hand in Eastern Europe. These actions would give Putin not only the ability to extend his empire, but the dropping of sanctions would give Putin and Exxon the ability to exploit the Russian oil reserves.
Russia is a poor country now, but won’t be long.