Years ago, I put forward a theory – similar theories had been proposed by Pepperpot, and also discussed by JohnT – that Glinda the Good used Dorothy as a stalking horse to attain absolute power in Oz (Movie version only). I recently realized that this has a parallel in recent events.
First, the Oz conspiracy:
1- Before Dorothy arrives in Oz, there are presumed to be 5 major magical players: Glinda, Wicked Witch of the East, Wicked Witch of the West, Wizard and presumably a Good Witch of the North to correspond to Glinda (Locasta, but not mentioned in the movie ).
2- When Dorothy arrives she snuffs the WWE, Glinda , thinking fast, puts the ruby slippers on Dorothy’s feet. AT THIS POINT Dorothy could go home, but Glinda withholds this information.
3- Instead, Glinda sends her off to interact with the Wizard, who redirects her at the WWW. Glinda has no particular plan, she has simply identified Dorothy as an agent of chaos, and has to choose between killing her on the spot, or winding her up and pointing her at her enemies. She doesn’t really care how it shakes out, as long as it weakens her enemies and doesn’t threaten herself. Glinda’s investment is very small, and who knows, it might pay off.
4- Dorothy kills the WWE
5- Wizard gets frightened and leaves Oz.
6- At this point, there are 3 powerful magical players : Glinda, Good witch of the North, of whom we know nothing, possibly Glinda has already nuked her, and Dorothy, the Killer of Witches. At this point, Glinda gets no further benefit from Dorothy wandering around Oz armed with a powerful magical item, so she tells Dorothy how to go home. Note that the slippers don’t show up in Kansas, one assumes Glinda is now wearing them.
7- Sequel should be titled: Glinda, Ruby-Shoed Magical Dictator of Oz.
BUT! What does this have to do with Putin? I suggest that the arc we see in the film is being acted out in front of us in the political sphere. Putin, like Glinda, is a powerful political player and keen opportunist. Perhaps he has dropped an investment into Trump previously when he bailed him out of bankruptcy with “loans” from Russian sources, or maybe he has kompromat – difficult to say. Regardless, he identifies Trump as an agent of chaos early on, and directs him at his enemies: Obama, Clinton, American Democracy and the western coalition. He doesn’t know exactly what is going to happen, but he suspects it will be chaotic and damaging to his enemies. And again, his investment is miniscule, and the payoff could be great.
As happened in Oz, Putin supports Trump from afar, with hacked emails and a social media offensive, but doesn’t get his hands dirty – much the way that Glinda was willing to dump some snow on a poppy field, but not willing to send in any troops.
We could extend this parallel to a ridiculous degree – Is Bannon the Cowardly Lion? Gorka? Who’s the annoying ass at the gates of Oz? Conway? Saunders? But rather than go there now, let us focus on the endgame.
What prompts Glinda to get rid of Dorothy? Very simply, Dorothy has done all that she can do, and now has become a liability. At the end of the Oz arc, here are no further magical powers to take down, and the only person who could conceivably challenge Glinda, is Dorothy, Killer of Witches, Wearer of the Ruby Slippers. So Glinda cuts her loose and sends her back to Kansas. How would this manifest itself in our world? When Trump is no further use to Putin, when the Democrats are preparing to take him down, when his haphazard approach to foreign policy runs the risk of blowback to Russia, or when he worries about American retribution. At that point, he can cut Trump loose, perhaps by identifying “rogue” FSB agents who helped Trump and releasing the evidence his “investigation” found, and then poof Trump is back in Kansas.