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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInnocent Explanations on Russia No Longer Hold Up
July 11, 2017 at 9:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Ezra Klein: The best defense of Trumps associates, at this point, is they were too dumb to know what theyre doing a defense that doesnt work when it includes experienced international operators like campaign manager Paul Manafort and ex-Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn. Donald Trump Jr.s own defense of himself is that he attempted to collude with Russian agents but they didnt have any useful information and so he didnt. This is, as my colleague Zack Beauchamp notes, no defense at all even if it is true, Trump Jr. may well have committed a crime.
Whats more, we know for a fact that the Russian hacking of Democratic files happened, that it was successful, and that Trump has stubbornly resisted efforts to admit or investigate Russias intervention into the campaign while repeatedly praising Putin. We also know Trump has, since taking office, undermined the NATO alliance while cozying up to Vladimir Putin the two of them joked about their shared dislike for the American media at the G20 last week and pledged to work together on cybersecurity.
This isnt just smoke. We can see the damage done by the fire. We are watching our president pal around with the suspected arsonists. And so we are past the point where innocent explanations on Trump and Russia remain credible.
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Moostache
(9,895 posts)1) Russia wanted to damage the USA and Clinton (who they TOO assumed would be elected)
2) Trump's gang of morons conspired with Russians to gain any advantage they could
3) Russia weaponized stolen correspondence from DNC
4) Trump conspired with the Russians to help micro-target social media efforts and maximize effects
5) Russia hacked voter rolls AND machines...and yes, they DID flip vote totals in key areas...
These combined to create President Shit Gibbon...but hey...E-MAILS!!!!!