2:28 AM 11/5/2017 – “The corrupt and illegitimate leaders of the United States and Russia will be desperately plotting”…

When the week began, Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrested Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign adviser Rick Gates on criminal charges, while also announcing he already had a guilty plea from Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. This set off a chaotic chain of events in which Trump campaign official Sam Clovis testified before a grand jury, Trump campaign adviser Carter Page voluntarily confessed to meeting with Russian officials during the election, and pretty much everyone asserted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been lying about the Trump-Russia conspiracy the entire time.

We all know why Donald Trump is suddenly meeting with Vladimir Putin. In fact it’s now fair to ask if Trump’s entire Asia trip was put together as nothing more than an excuse to get Trump and Putin in a room alone together. That way they can discuss how to handle the Trump-Russia scandal that’s suddenly become a Trump-Russia crisis. Manafort is a Russian financial puppet who could expose all of Putin’s dealings. Manafort also knows all of Trump’s secrets.

This meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is now set to be one of the key moments of this entire saga and perhaps of the century. The corrupt and illegitimate leaders of the United States and Russia will be desperately plotting to try to save themselves as everything collapses around them. Stay tuned.

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The Australian

Trump swings by ‘crucial ally’ Japan with North Korea on his mind The Australian Trump told reporters on air force One en route to Japan on Sunday that he will want Putin’s help in dealing with the North Korea nuclear crisis. The president added that he’ll be meeting with a number of world leaders to discuss how to pressure North … and more »

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Politico

Trump says he’ll meet Putin to talk North Korea ABC News President Trump says he expects to meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week on the sidelines of an economic summit in Vietnam. “I think it’s expected we’ll meet with Putin, yeah,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route … Trump expects to meet with Putin during Asia visitPolitico Trump Starts Asia Trip Setting Expectations for Putin MeetingNBCNews.com Trump Plans to See Putin in Asia Amid Scrutiny of Campaign TiesBloomberg Newsweek –RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty –Daily Mail all 54 news articles »

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Bloomberg

Trump says he’ll meet Putin to talk North Korea ABC News The meeting, which a Kremlin spokesman said has been in the works for weeks, comes amid deepening tensions with Russia over a new round of U.S. sanctions, the conflict in Syria, and the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump Plans to See Putin in Asia Amid Scrutiny of Campaign TiesBloomberg President Donald Trump reveals he WILL meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss North Korea during economic …Daily Mail Former Kremlin insider: Putin ‘believes’ he helped get Trump electedAOL CBC.ca all 81 news articles »

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Trump calls Japan ‘crucial ally,’ says he’ll probably meet Putin during Asia trip Chicago Tribune He told reporters that the meeting is “expected” to happen and that he “will want Putin’s help” in dealing with the North Korea nuclear crisis. Trump and Putin could cross paths twice during the president’s lengthy Asia trip: at a summit in Vietnam and … Trump Calls Japan a ‘Crucial Ally,’ Expects to Meet Putin as He Kicks Off Asia TripNECN all 116 news articles »

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Mueller had the FBI arrest Papadopoulos all the way back in June. That means Mueller was able to pull off an indictment, secret arrest, guilty plea, detailed confession, release, and ongoing cooperation in exchange for a minimal sentence although without any of it becoming public until he chose to announce it this week. Furthermore, Mueller only revealed the Papadopoulos deal because it was strategically aligned with Paul Manafort’s arrest.

More importantly, the Papadopoulos deal only gives Mueller a finite number of avenues for flipping people higher up the food chain. The confession allows Mueller to seek deals with Manafort, Sam Clovis, and Jeff Sessions but those are only three names out of several key players. Mueller can’t use Papadopoulos to get to Michael Flynn, or Jared Kushner, or Donald Trump Jr, or any of a number of other people. Instead he needs to flip other small fish in order to move on them and we know that in at least one instance, he already has.

Last Friday, former CIA Director James Woolsey revealed to the media that he’s been cooperating with Robert Mueller in the criminal case against Michael Flynn. The story was then buried a few hours later when it surfaced that arrests were imminent. But it’s clear that Woolsey – who was a bit player in the Trump campaign has either formally or informally cut a deal with Mueller. It probably doesn’t stop at Woolsey, either. Mueller has surely already flipped small fish under each of the key players, and he’s keeping it all under wraps until it’s time for the arrest of those key players.

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Washington Post

Poll: Trump’s performance lags behind even tepid public expectations Washington Post A majority of Americans say President Trump has not accomplished much during his first nine months in office and they have delivered a report card that is far harsher even than the tepid expectations they set for his tenure when he was sworn into … and more »

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