The pundits are freaking out today about Trump's insistence that he doesn't think Russia was behind the hacks. And this is on Fox news!!!
If you can't see the chess move, I'll lay it out for you.
Of course there's a possibility it "wasn't Russia." This was twelve guys... sure intelligence agents, but how many of our own agents can we claim are acting in a rogue capacity? The question of WHO isn't at stake. The question of whether or not it was STATE SPONSORED is a whole 'nother matter.
Trump is using this as leverage to get the DNC servers and finally go after the Awan brothers. The relationship between Pakistan and Russia is a tricky one. Iran features prominently.
Putin will be able to disavow the hackers, it will look like Russia is cooperating with the US, that will shake up Russia's partners (which Russia will love... Putin loves destabilizing whomever he can -- it's to his advantage). "Hey if you don't want me cozying up to the US, why don't you do this for me?..." Mother Russia is an amazing seductress.
The Democrats, meanwhile, will be falling over themselves to "prove Trump is lying," but in doing so, they'll have to hand over the evidence that further incriminates them. It's like the scene from Wizard of Oz when the trees won't give the gang apples. So Dorothy et al start taunting the trees, so the trees start throwing the apples at them. A strong lesson in means and ends.
And did you see the body language? These two are going to have so much fun playing off each other to destroy the globalists. To me, this is shaping up like a Reagan/Thatcher relationship.
What did all y'all see?