He’s Always The Guy In the Background

The connection between collusion with Russia and parallel and interwoven connections to the Gulf state monarchies has long been a central question of the entire Russia story. Clearly they’re connected. But just how and which is pushing which has always been unclear. Today this other Mike Flynn racket, building a bunch of nuclear power plants across the Middle East, is again back in the news with a new House investigation. But Tom Barrack – the chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, the guy who brought Paul Manafort into the campaign – is also again in the mix. And there’s one sliver of this story most people have forgotten.