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==== If we’re strict about evidence: ====
* The claim that “Putin is doubling down in Ukraine because he has a hold on Trump and his family” goes far beyond what the public record supports.
* The claim that “this is why Musk cannot decouple from Russia via his father” also goes beyond the evidence.

You can treat these as speculative scenarios in a strategic-theory sense, but:
* They currently sit in the “highly conjectural” zone: we see incentives and sympathies, not proven blackmail.
* Any numerical probability (“30%, 60%, etc.”) would be made-up, not grounded in verifiable data. I’d be fabricating a number, which is exactly what we’re trying to avoid.

So the honest answer is:

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If you want, we can reframe this in Bridge360 terms next time: instead of “secret leverage stories,” model observable incentive flows and fragility for each actor (Putin, Trump, Musk) and see which explanations do the most work in reducing entropy in the global system.