But Trump has never blasted Putin in public therefore he must be working with him?
It's absurd.
You're entitled to your opinion, same as Bernie, including my own speculation.
Maybe, why Trump has nothing but praise for Putin in a nutshell -- is because of ( Russian' Kompromat')... Eventually and hopefully, we will learn the truth.
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A Russian Word Americans Need To Know: 'Kompromat'
While claims and counterclaims are still flying, what's clear is that Russian
kompromat does continue to thrive in the post-Soviet era, aided by the march of cyber technology.
Kompromat is considered part of the larger Russian espionage arsenal that also includes disinformation, fake news and computer hacking. U.S. intelligence agencies have blamed the Russians for hacking into Democratic Party emails to harm Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign. Russia has denied this.
A long history
The Two-Way
Trump Denies Allegations Of Secret Ties, Collusion Between Campaign And Russia
Russia even has a website,
kompromat.ru, where anyone can pay the site to post embarrassing stories. Many are about alleged corruption and have already been published elsewhere but have not received much attention.
The businessman who created the website,
Sergey Gorshkov, said he came up with the idea from the Skuratov sex scandal back in 1999. He said his operation was purely business, not politics.
In some cases, the site has provided the Russian government a convenient outlet when it wanted to leak material that would undermine a critic. However, the site also published allegations against figures in the Kremlin and the Russian government, angering many powerful officials.
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/11/509305088/a-russian-word-americans-need-to-know-kompromat