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Truly, I don’t think Trump got “played”. First, getting played implies getting outwitted and out maneuvered. Trump wasn’t walking into that meeting a hostile interlocutor. I genuinely believe Trump has long been a Russian asset - likely informally (ie useful idiot), but possibly formally. He’s also the most venal and corrupt man on the planet. You don’t “play” Trump, you just bribe him and move on, or play to his long out-in-the open biases - but bribery is best.