re: #147 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Turkish kompromat on Trump is the quick, easy answer for this incredible decision. Being quick and easy doesn’t make it wrong though. Turkish intelligence has been spying on the Russians since the Middle Ages. Did they overhear something?

David Frum nailed it. It’s the Khashoggi murder tape, and likely some concomitant intel on Jared Kushner’s involvement in targeting him and helping MBS with the cover up. This is Erdogan’s payoff for keeping all of that under wraps.