"Now, it turns out, the whole nation needs to focus on draining the балота. That's Russian for "swamp." You can render it as balota in our alphabet. If the Clintons had a whiff of slipperiness about them, Trump and his team have the stench of something far worse."

You are correct, MSW!   We have a president who is either a de jure or de facto agent of the Russian government.  Since Trump refuses to release his tax returns after he promised he would,  obviously they would give us a clue to his indebtedness to Russia.