If Russia is blamed for Trump’s election, we avoid the unpleasant reality of our failed democratic institutions and decaying empire. We avoid facing the inevitable rise of a Christianized fascism borne out of widespread impoverishment, rage, despair and abandonment.
In sum, Trump is either hiding something so threatening to himself, or he’s criminally incompetent to be commander in chief. It is impossible yet to say which explanation for his behaviour is true, but it seems highly likely that one of these scenarios explains Trump’s refusal to respond to Russia’s direct attack on our system – a quiescence that is simply unprecedented for any US president in history. Russia is not our friend. It has acted in a hostile manner. And Trump keeps ignoring it all.
On the flight to Paris, President Trump discussed the question of the week: His son Donald Trump jnr’s meeting with a Russian lawyer.
Source: By the time Trump jnr walked into that Russia meeting, the damage was already done
No, colluding with a hostile foreign power is not normal “opposition research”
Source: No, colluding with a hostile foreign power is not normal “opposition research”
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