Taking America

At left we see what really is happening here, but it’s not going down quite the way Khrushchev imagined 70 years ago.

Without a wanna-be dictator in the mix, The United States’ relation with Russia would have continued to bump along, business as usual–the occasional tense moments, but nothing calamitous.

Our state of Texas has a higher GDP than the totality of Russia; the country is economically weak, and its people are poor and disengaged.  Without the appearance of Trump on the scene, with his deep admiration of Putin and his desperate craving for absolute power, none of this would be taking place.