08-31-2018, 07:10 PM
(08-29-2018, 08:56 PM)Dill Wrote: Depends on what you mean by "this"?
I suspect the meeting was a "feeler" (not the first) to see what kind of response Russian intel might get, who might be willing to work with them and to what degree. It was to profile people close to Trump. I am pretty sure no directives from Moscow came through that meeting.
One point I left out of my earlier post--given Trump's character, lack of control, it is certainly possible the Russians have some compromat material. But I still don't see them linking that to a directive. It is possible they may have indirectly let him know they have it, and that would be enough to explain the behavior we see--coupled with his love for Putin's governing style and desire to do business in Russia.
Why run the risk of having the meeting if they did not care if Trump knew what they were doing?
