... Republicans could call this whole thing off if they wanted to.
The point, as multiple people keep observing, is not whether the Republicans, collectively and/or individually, are "agents" or "assets" of the Russian security services. It's this, as noted here:
The question here is not whether Trump, his employer/owner Musk, and Trump’s team are witting or unwitting Russian assets. The question is what, if anything, would they be doing differently if they were. And the answer to that is nothing.
You could also ask the same question replacing "Russian" with "Chinese". The Republicans' multipronged assault on immigration, higher education and scientific research, combined with the utter destruction of the US ability to project soft power and the full-throated proclamation that we are not to be trusted, is a rather too comprehensive answer to the question "How would you usher in the Chinese Century?"
The Republicans are providing an enormous amount of aid and comfort to our adversaries. If only there was a word to describe that.
