kane

I will admit my thinking on Trump and Russia has changed over the last two years.

My thought is that he expected to lose the election, he even said so himself, and he spent a lot of his own money on that election. He wanted to get something out of it so I think he may have used his position as candidate to negotiate some deals for himself, perhaps in exchange for favorably looking at Russia when it came to sanctions etc. If he then lost, he could say he tried and he would have made good on his promises if he had won, but he didn't so they might as well do the deal anyway because everyone makes money anyway. Well, then he won so those plans had to be put on hold. As the info of those meetings started to come out Trump and his crew went into cover up mode. Often times it isn't the crime that gets you, it is the cover up. In short, I think Trump and his people did collude or try to collude with Russia but I don't think ti was to win the election, I think it was to enrich himself and he has gotten caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Add in some potential breaking of campaign finance laws and Trump has plenty to be nervous about.

Will any of this (if this is even remotely correct) end up with Trump or any of his family in deep shit? I have no idea. I tend to be someone who believes where there is smoke there tends to be fire. There is a hell of a lot of smoke surrounding him so for Mueller to find some fire won't shock me, but I have no real idea what all he could actually have on Trump. Typically, however, investigations that include multiple people being sent to jail and/or turning state's witness don't end with the state just washing their hands of it and saying nothing is there.