What if Putin...

...decided to back Donald Trump, the least qualified candidate for president in 2016, and then spend his entire first term trying to weaken him? Wouldn't that achieve his goal of destabilizing America?

And then what if Putin decided to back the Democrats in the 2018 midterms? Wouldn't having Trump in the White House and a Democratic Congress weaken the U.S. further? Wouldn't that leave us mired in impeachment talk until 2020? (And wouldn't that lead to a bit of a rebellion on the right?)

Or what if Reince Priebus, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence were behind all these White House leaks in an effort to bring down Trump and install Pence? And what if they made it look like they were supportive of the president all along and it was the Democrats' and the mainstream media's fault?

Too House of Cards-ish for you? Seriously, would anything surprise you at this point?