It’s gotten almost no coverage here, but Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing to retire for “health reasons” and he’s already negotiating a non-prosecution deal on his way out the door. It seems Trump’s downfall has put the early stages of Putin’s downfall in motion.

To be clear, this story is being covered pretty heavily everywhere but America. We’re kind of in a bubble here, as we fixate on Trump’s final days.

Putin supposedly has Parkinson's. He also had a major coughing fit in public this week. He seems to be trying to take himself off the stage for "health reasons" before the Russian oligarchs sour on his failed Trump experiment and decide to take him out.