Therein lie the money trail and the story that might explain Trump's approach with the Russians.
My theory is that the Russians helped bail him out of his financial calamity when his businesses were going bankrupt. That's when he became conflicted and indebted to the Russians.
He became their instrument. He made promises as he had to do to conceal his problems and exposure.
Believing in his superior savvy, he figured that with the help of his family, he would manage the situation mob-style.
That didn't work.
My critics will ask me for proof. I am postulating possible explanations for Trump's radical behavior. Let the facts accumulate as they are. I am a predictor.
(Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
Former Trump aides reveal a campaign filled with screaming fits, constant rivalries and Big Macs
The Washington Post obtained an advance copy of “Let Trump Be Trump,” which is scheduled for release Tuesday.
Written by former aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, it paints a portrait of a campaign with an untested candidate and staff rocketing from crisis to crisis, in which a cast of mostly neophyte political aides learned on the fly and ultimately accepted Donald Trump’s propensity to go angrily off message.
“Sooner or later, everybody who works for Donald Trump will see a side of him that makes you wonder why you took a job with him in the first place,” the authors wrote.
The Washington Post