You can’t consider the Senate Intelligence Report and other reports and revelations about the relationship between Trump and Putin in a vacuum as if A has no connection to B or B to C.  Taken as a whole they present a picture of a leader of one power under the control of the leader of another, hostile foreign power.  There are only 3 reasons why a person would still defend Trump who conspired with Russia to get into the White House and now aligns our foreign policy to reflect  Russia’s interests not America’s out of fear of exposure.  1) They are a Russian asset fearful of exposure too. 2). They have benefited greatly from Russia’s “investment” in America; or 3) They don’t care because they love Trump’s  racism and fascism more than they love this country.Meanwhile Trump has yet to even ask Putin about the bounties on our troops but goes hat in hand around the horn begging G7 nations to re-admit Russia.

There have  been many, many investigative journalists’ article, scholarly books/articles,  Congressional committee reports, tell-all books and hearings on the relationship between Trump and Putin.  So when someone takes one data point, one nail for the coffin as their Alamo it is immediately suspect,