and even though this sounds like a welcome turn,
I can't help but think "we're being fed this story for a reason".

I am skeptical of all of it. All the leaks real? Are some real and some fake. Is it just to throw us off?

I figure the Trump administration is full of spies and counter spies. They are all in it for profit.

There is so much subterfuge going on behind the scenes. I don't see the trust with all parties involved, I some of them double crossing others.

Banning and Mad Dog go toe to toe.

Then fill it up with white phosporus. He don't play.