US Person 1: We finally got the platform change approved to take out the part about supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine.
US Person 2: Good, good. That’s going to go over bigly with Putin, believe me. <US Person 3> where do we stand on sanctions?
US Person 3: I talked to the ambassador and assured him that we will lift sanctions as soon as we can, probably in the first 100 days.
US Person 1: And if you nominate <US Person 4> for Secretary of State, that will help to restart that deal for <US Company 1> to help Putin develop the oil fields that were put on hold because of the sanctions.
US Person 2: That’s going to be so great. That should help me finally get a hotel in Moscow. Right Ambassador?
Russian Person 1: Da!
US Person 2: But <US Person 5> what can you do in case any of this gets out?
US Person 5: Well, I will be the Chair of the House Intel Committee so I should be able to control any investigation. And if there is anything out there, I will be one of the first to know in the gang of 8 and I will be sure to come right over to tell you about it.
US Person 2: If anything does leak, we can always blame the dishonest media, and Obama for going Nixon/McCarthy right? OK. And I can always pardon you if it gets that far, believe me. I won’t let you hang out there like Bush did to Scooter, OK? But this is going to be so great, and we are all going to get very, very rich after I win.
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