Probably Dr. Snyder's wisest advice: never comply in advance. It's what tyrants want most of all.

If he's compromised, it's most likely in the form of either outright bribery, or threatening to release information that attacks Trumps's ego: sexual submissiveness or weird fetishes, insolvency, etc.

Hmm.... maybe there's hope. Ukraine seems to be playing on Trump's narcissism and desire to be seen as strong. Probably not *much* hope, but it's something.

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I disagree- Trump is a narcissist. He only cares about looking good, having his ass kissed, and not being humiliated. Russian and Russian-adjacent banks hold a *lot* of the billions in debt that have allowed him to keep up his image, even if we don't consider the possibility of kompromat.