Trump and Putin, behind the scenes

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Let's see, what does Putin want?

• A weaker NATO
  
• A weaker EU
  
• A less interventionist US
  
• Keeping Crimea
  
• Unopposed meddling into the affairs of neighboring states, like Ukraine
  
• Get rid of the sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea
  

Guess what? On ALL of these, he's found a willing instrument in Trump, most of these are breaking with long standing Republican tradition. At one time or another, Trump has argued:

• NATO is outdated
  
• The EU is outdated
  
• He rejoiced about Brexit
  
• The US shouldn't do nation building and solve other countries problems
  
• Maybe we should allow Russia to keep Crimea
  
• Russia wouldn't move military into Ukraine (they're already there, but anyway)
  
• Continuously rubbished the notion that the Russians hacked the DNC and the email of its chairman
  
• Even when US intelligence agencies unanimously came to that conclusion
  
• He then rubbished these agencies
  
• He also publicly exhorted the Russians to hack Clinton to find the 30,000 personal emails
  
• He has continuously praised Putin at almost every occasion
  
• He managed to considerably soften the Republican platform towards Russia during the Convention