re: #256 Belafon

How will Russia retaliate? Kick more of our diplomats out? That will only hurt them. Are they going to block any of our exports?

The most painful way they could retaliate would be to help groups opposing us, like they are doing with the Taliban in Afghanistan. As we find out about it, that will only turn opinion here in the US against them.

And if they decide it’s time to release what they have on Trump, that will just hurt Trump.

They could drop a metric shit-ton of kompromat on Trump and his party, at which point all hell will break loose.

If shit starts hitting the fan with damaging stories about congressional Republicans, then all bets are off. And the only thing that will save Trump is groveling like a motherfucker to Putin.