Is the President of the United States compromised by the Russian government?

There has been a lor of speculation by the media as to whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians in attempting to influence the 2016 election. It seems to me that there is a much more urgent question that needs to be answered. Is President Trump under the influence of the Russian government. His behavior would suggest that either the answer is yes or somehow his impulsiveness to rebuke any criticism is making it look that way. Either way, he is not fit to be president.

Throughout the investigation the President has gone out his way to trash it, calling it a witch hunt. If he has nothing to hide, why is he doing this. Although he is seems to have a penchant to criticize anyone and anything that appears to be the leas bit challenging to him, The President never criticizes Russia or Putin. If anything, he only praises Putin. The president shows little interest in or shown little leadership in instituting laws or procedures that could prevent what the Russians did in the 2017 election.

Why was it that so numerous people with Russian connections gravitated to the campaign? W hy were there so many instances where they lied about the connections and meetings, in public or on government documents? Why did Paul Manefort agree to work for the campaign for free?

During the Republican Convention, the party plank was abruptly changed to be more conciliatory toward Russina on the invasion of Crimea. To this date, exactly how this came about or who initiated it, is a mystery.

On Feb 13th, National Security Advisor Mke Flynn was fired. That was 18 days after Attorney General Sally Yates had informed the administration that he was operating as a foreign agent, and that he was subject to blackmail. He was not fired until after it had become public.

On May 9th President Trump fired the Director of the FBI. Just a few days earlier he had publicly stated in a congressional hearing that he was investigating Trump and the campaign as part of the overall investigation in how Russia interfered in the 2017 election.

On May 10th, Trump had Russian officials Kislyak and Lavrov in the oval office and confided in them that he had relieved pressure on himself by firing Comey. He also relayed classified information to them concerning new methods being considered by terrorists to plant bombs on airplanes.

A day later on an NBC interview, Trump admitted that he had fired director Comey because of the investigation on his campaign.

On July 27th, Congress passed sanctions on Russia for impeding in the 2016 election. Trump signed the bill, but issued an angry signing statement against it. The sanctions had been passed through both houses almost unanimously. On Oct 27th, the administration missed the first deadline for imposing the sanctions. To this date, as far as is publicly known, those sanctions have not been imposed.

Lately, it seems as though the President has stopaped publicly criticizing the investigation,leaving that to surrogates. It should be noted that there is a legal and a political aspect to the investigation. Muelller can finally come forward with ample evidence for wrong doing, but if no one believes it, or they think is just political, then it doesn't matter. So far, it does not appear that Trump and his surrogates have been successful in denigrating the investigation in the public's eye.