I Guess Trump Really Does Want To Turn The White House Into "Kremlin West"

Yesterday, I suggested that the Democrats really start pushing the Trump-Putin Connection, given that Trump went out of his way to make the GOP party platform as pro-Putin as possible and to signal to Putin that he might not back NATO countries if Russia attacked them. I argued that the lack of any direct evidence shouldn't stop the Democrats from taking the position that Trump would be a puppet of Putin.

Well, Donald just made it a lot easier for the Democrats to make that case:

Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Russia to help find the missing emails from Hillary Clinton's private server.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump proposed from a podium at his Doral Resort. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."

Trump faced questions about whether he endorses foreign governments meddling in America's election and domestic affairs, an allegation that he balked at despite issuing the above challenge just moments later. "What do I have to do with Putin?" Trump retorted when asked if he'd tell Putin to stay out of the election. "I'm not going to tell Putin what to do."

Of course, the shit should really be hitting the fan right now, but Donald will probably get a pass.  Steve Benen summed it up well:

Try to imagine – no, really, take a moment to think about – how significant a scandal it would be if Hillary Clinton publicly urged Russia to do her a favor, target a GOP rival, and help her win an election. How quickly would her career in public life end? How many congressional hearings and investigations would Republicans demand?

Christ, we spent all those years and all those trillions of dollars winning the Cold War and Trump seems to be chomping on the bit to undo it all.  Does anyone still think it is a good idea to give this fucking traitor classified intelligence briefings under these circumstances?