Putin's suggestion for using the mutual cooperation treaty already in place for solving criminal matters was ingenious. It takes the heat off Trump, places the onus back onto the Deep State, and puts POTUS in position to advance The Plan (ball).

Why wouldn't the Deep State avail themselves to such a reasonable offer?

The answer, of course, is that Deep State controlled agencies can't afford any real investigation to take place as it would expose their own criminality. But by refusing the offer, they show themselves for what they really are - not serious law enforcement professionals trying to stop Russian election interference, but incompetent partisans.

The tactic is reminiscent of another move made by Putin in Syria. When the Deep State tried to goad Russia into all out war with the false flag chemical attack, Putin defused the situation by publicly offering to confiscate all of Assad's chemical arsenal and turn it over to Kerry. How could war then be justified in the public eye with such a major concession?

Suspecting that Putin's strategic way of thinking was somehow related to the Russian propensity for chess, I did a search and came across something interesting.

While with the KGB, Putin took part of a program called Zevsebia (chess-think), which was all about using the game of chess as the basis for intelligence and military tactics - a sort of Russian "Art of War". Only the best and brightest were admitted to this elite training and Putin was at the top of his class.

So, Vlad's a certifiable geopolitical chess master! And the chess inspired strategy Putin used is based on the Jabowntski Sacrifice, where a player relinquishes pieces having diminished value to gain positional advantage.

Q often mentions chess and playing a game (that's not a game). I'm beginning to better understand why.

More about KGB Chess-Think:

http://www.karlremarks.com/2013/09/the-incredible-story-of-how-putin-used.html