Trump ain't no puppet.
.... If you ignore.the giant, Russian elephant in the room.
Mis-use. 'Elephant in the room' implies something which is obvious and not talked about. 'The Russians' have been talked about for at least 9 months non-stop. What's sorely lacking is anything resembling solid evidence, and what 'evidence' is kicking around is ridiculously weak.
Actually, there is a huge elephant in the room regarding influence by a certain other nation who we give a lot of taxpayer money to and in doing so complicate our international relations and sully our own reputation (even more than we manage on our own.) It's almost as if some of our politicians are under extortion or something. Some former politicians say that DC is 'occupied territory', where the occupation is by people who have an affinity for said nation.
Don't hold your breath for the Left and the corporate media to attack Trump on this weakness even though it is seemingly the biggest defect the guy and his administration have.
Well shit, I'll bite. Is that said nation Israel? Because until they work that shit out over there, we will be tipping around on egg shells half defending them and half wagging our fingers at them. We send soooooo much money to Israel. And you won't hear too much about it because pro Israel interests sponsor on both sides of the aisle. Don't bite the hand that feeds.
And I'll keep my choice of elephant, given your definition
This has been dismissed so completely by parts of the GOP and hyper conservative media. The Russians pulled a pretty decent psy op on us, and they would have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling kids. But the outrage expressed at this is less than the daily outrage expressed at Hillary and Obama's mere existence. The GOP is playing it real fast and loose with this one; it will have repercussions around the bend.
You are right, the Russian connection is quite obvious. And it seems like the Trumpian WH and GOP want to talk about everything else but that. So, I would change it to 'elephant shaped nesting dolls' in the room. With recording equipment inside.