You were the one who complained the Russians' preferred candidate lost... When most people look at it and believe that their preferred candidate won--and has done some very interesting things to basically lay down at Putin's feet since.
I don't think the campaign colluded with the Russians. So the fact that the Mueller investigation didn't find outright collusion didn't surprise me. It did find obstruction of justice in relation to the administration's response to the investigation. Even so, that was pretty minor in its own right.
The impeachment basically pointed to POTUS extorting the Ukraine for access to Congressionally-authorized aid in exchange for political favors. At the end of the day, even the Republicans in the Senate were basically "well yeah He totally did it, we're just not going to remove Him for it." If you don't think His sudden interest in the Ukraine was related in SOME way to Russia, I ask where it came from? He's not exactly someone who has taken a lot of interest in the corruption within any other governments.
The dude's entire MO has been "if you're nice to me, you can do whatever you want, and if you're mean to me, you're PNG in the eyes of my administration." It's never about what's right or wrong, it's about what benefits Him personally. Literally He craps on our democratic allies while never has a bad thing to say about tin-pot dictators elsewhere. He gets "beautiful" letters from North Korea but all our Euro allies are weak.
As it relates to Russia, I can only think of two possible explanations for His behavior:
- Someone in Moscow has SERIOUS dirt on POTUS, whether it's personal and embarrassing, or whether it's related to His business dealings (which might explain His herculean fight against releasing His tax returns). Whatever it is, He's sincerely scared and over the barrel that it will become public and is doing things contrary to our national interest to keep it quiet.
- Putin is an absolute master of flattery, and is playing into POTUS' ego every chance he gets. POTUS has shown that if you flatter Him he'll do nearly anything for you, whereas if you're "mean" to Him He'll attack at every opportunity. Putin's smart enough to play this chump like a fiddle, and He's vain enough to fall for it.
I'd like to think I'm an even-handed guy, but I think the opponents slogan should be simple: Make America America Again.