I well appreciate the responses, but the basic question is still there. Is there anyone on humanist.com or agnostic.com who might answer? The question: Does Trump stand alone in American history, in terms of being enthralled to a foreign power? Are there perhaps historical examples outside the US of a Head Of State (elected or otherwise) who was so deeply guilty of this?

If Trump was so deeply beholden to Russia, (and if he was alone in US history or nearly alone) what it means, ultimately, is that people who supported him can be, in many cases, rightly assessed as using a ridiculous double-standard in assessing Trump as versus others. Heck, Biden has a son who was accused by the right wing of engaging in some sort of shady deal, to do with Ukraine or Russia and the shouting from the right was very strong. Yet, for four years, there were clear signs that an elected President was under some improper direct influence by Russia, and we hear crickets. Considering the extraordinary history between the US and Russia, and the relatively recent events in the Ukraine, I think the hypocrisy of those engaging in this double-standard is too much not to mention and discuss, even in an age where we are worn out and tired of pointing out hypocrisy.

I believe it was Eric Trump who said over 3 years ago that they did not need any money and if they did they would borrow it from the Russians.

I think we need a more stringent process for vetting candidates for office. 45's administration nearly killed us.

beholding, been holding, holding on, and just the plain ole putin hold. yep.