The interesting part is that while he chummed with Epstein, and shared his predilections, Epstein was probably catering to billionaires while his sidekick was in and out of bankruptcy. The relationship seems simple. Make sure he got off with a traffic ticket for his crimes, until things got serious, and bye, bye, Jeffrey.
Now, the situation with Putin may be entirely separate, or related, but of such magnitude that Trump has turned traitor on his own country. My guess as to the "summit" held in Alaska, S.S.R, is that Putin raised the price beyond money. He demanded the dismantling of the United States for "evidence" he holds.
We are talking a multiply-bankrupt businessman and fired actor versus a KGB veteran. (and one who is making all is opposition disappear these days).
Actions tell all, even when we don't have underlying facts.
Imagine pardoning a portion of the USSC, congress, most of the Forbes list ... Maybe that's what he is facing, and as far as his cult goes, only 1 or 2 of hundreds of "Johns" belonging to the "Radical Left Party" should be enough to get out the tar and feathers, because the only REAL crime in their lexicon is "catering to libs".
In short, while it's likely, his real crimes may be in the Putin rap sheet, whereas he has the cornerstone of the entire Republican party to protect, on the premise that "libs" are vastly outnumbered by "conservatives" among the rich.
I can think of three!!!
And conservatives live to protect the rich, at the expense of the not so rich.
Wilhoit's Law
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220607110
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
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