On Wednesday evening, CNN reported that Deutsche Bank has begun turning over documents related to loans made to President Trump, following subpoenas issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James last month.

The loans have been the subject of intense speculation because Deutsche Bank has ties to Russian financial institutions that are subject to U.S. sanctions.

It wouldn’t exactly be surprising to discover that Russia bankrolled Trump’s comeback, especially considering that in 2008, Donald Trump junior said “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”

The biggest immediate issue for Trump would be if he were found to have financially benefitted from Russian state funds in violation of US sanctions.

Additionally, the ramifications of the revelation that the President who owes his election to a Russian disinformation campaign also owes his financial success to the Russian government would be far reaching.

Never in US history has a President been so entangled in foreign allegiances, or so indebted to foreign institutions — let alone the institutions of a state as authoritarian and hell-bent on undermining our democracy as Russia.

If it turns out that Trump owes his empire to the Russian government, it’ll make Nixon’s collusion with the South Vietnamese government look like child’s play.

In light of this potential revelation, it’s likely Trump’s election and Presidency would one day enter the historical narrative as Russia’s revenge for Yeltsin — an eye for an eye leaving the whole world an oligarchy.