I don't think it's fake. It's being run by too many respectable news outlets who'd take serious hits to their already damaged reputations if this were fake.
Secondly, apply Occam's Razor.
Is this a fabrication by the Democratic Party, with collusion from sources in Britain, to discredit President-Elect Trump?
Or did Vladimir Putin really have his intelligence services get 'Kompromat' on Trump?
The second is easiest to answer. Putin would love to have a puppet in the White House, and Trump would say all the right things to get there. Plus, Trump is the sort of man with appetites that Putin could easily manipulate. "Grab them by the pussy", anyone? And the Russian hacking of Democratic emails is the smoking gun here. It was Putin's assurance that Trump would get elected over Hillary.
We cannot afford to have a POTUS that is compromised by Putin.
Secondly, apply Occam's Razor.
Is this a fabrication by the Democratic Party, with collusion from sources in Britain, to discredit President-Elect Trump?
Or did Vladimir Putin really have his intelligence services get 'Kompromat' on Trump?
The second is easiest to answer. Putin would love to have a puppet in the White House, and Trump would say all the right things to get there. Plus, Trump is the sort of man with appetites that Putin could easily manipulate. "Grab them by the pussy", anyone? And the Russian hacking of Democratic emails is the smoking gun here. It was Putin's assurance that Trump would get elected over Hillary.
We cannot afford to have a POTUS that is compromised by Putin.