Trump's end game with Putin may drive a wedge between Russia, China

Is it all about Trump's efforts to get Putin to dump China?

The Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin meeting in Helsinki earlier this summer has sparked an intense debate about the details of the discussions between the leaders of the two superpowers.

There is little known about these discussions, and the agreements reached remain shrouded in secrecy. This has fed speculative frenzy about the possibility of Putin controlling the president of the United States.

Some members of the U.S. intelligence community have contributed to the frenzy by suggesting that the Russians may have something on Trump that compromises American national security.

The situation is chaotic and fuzzy, though even chaotic situations,