"When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well dressed, wearing dark suits, just like mine, except for the red tie, since they wear black or dark blue ones. These people start explaining how things are done. And instantly, everything changes. This is what happens with every administration."
https://rumble.com/vxdlxb-2017-putin-says-us-politicians-are-essentially-elected-puppets.html
Can't control rich people like trump. But yiu can control losers who would be homeless as long as you promise them wealth and power.
Buttegeog, Pelosi, etc...
Blackmail is the name of the game, not bribery. If you don't have dirt already and they can't get you to take the bait (E.g. Lolita Island), they'll just frame you for something you didn't do. Which is what they did with Trump with the Russian hooker story.