>>Using the Hitchcock analogy, Russia Russia Russia is the MacGuffin.<<
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Yes, that fits.
And FReeQs as well as the autists and others around the world who are following this ... are the audience who know the real story and get to savor the suspense.
Thank you Q, and President Trump!
(NOTE: This is a bad time for fiction as entertainment, because reality is stranger and more compelling of our attention!)
INDEED.