Great reporting as usual Spike. But as I have said the politics of spite is full play here. What my mother used to call, "cutting off their noses to spite their faces". Our indignation fuels them. However, for the big money folks the tax cuts, oil leases, deregulation, etc. will pay them back 100 fold. Plus, they are planning for a Totalitarian State that means they won't have to spend money of elections ever again. The only problem is that the global bankers and mega-corporations thought they could manage their little Austrian corporal, but they were wrong. If Trump ever comes to believe his populist bullshit, he might be a handful for them. They could, however, always exercise another tried & true aspect of American politics (a lone gunman with magic bullets, or undetectable poison), and blame it on the Dems. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!