Trump has become so subservient to Putin that it hard to believe that Putin doesn’t have damaging information on him.  The only way that we could even begin to have any trust in Trump would be a complete release of his tax returns. 

We also cannot overestimate the threat to democracy both here and in European nations created by the appeasement towards Russia shown by Trump and his Republican supporters. (Fortunately there still are some Republicans who have the courage to stand up against Trump)  It’s the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and yet Russia is stronger than ever in spreading its brand of authoritarianism.  We will certainly suffer here in the US, but the people who really be hurt are democracy advocates in places like Ukraine and the Baltic nations.