Exactly. They've been funding everything over here for the GOP, but also almost all right wing politicians across the globe along with building online support with bot farms. There are no US based businesses willing to take the hit that comes along with openly supporting the GOP style rhetoric, because you can't sustain a business here that way, most of our economy is driven by "liberal" companies, but Russia could. In the past day or two even Fox News has turned tail and started launching hit pieces at Putin. Trump let him have Crimea, and he could've done that and chilled out, but because he didn't, everything Russian that exists outside of Russia is getting slapped. Every oligarch/mafia boss that let Putin rock is learning a very expensive lesson.
That's why Mazepin. He's the son of one of those oligarchs. I'm super curious what happens to the GOP now that they lost their primary funding arm and online army........but that's a post for another thread and nothing to do with F1.
On topic, my championship prediction order will be:
1. Lewis
2. Sainz
3. Max
Ferrari has the car this year. Sainz isn't as volatile of a driver as Charles. Max will fall back to Earth because he won't be able to be so elbows out this year with people trying to pass him.
. I want that shyt to be true, and I want it to be nearly impossible to copy without a total power unit redesign, and I want that shyt to be a couple seconds faster than the rest of the field. But I know better 
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