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| The Attack on Trump Is Exactly What a Russian Disinformation Campaign Looks Like |
| 2017-05-29 |
| [Breitbart] The accusation that President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Russians, and that he is trying to cover it up, looks increasingly like a classic Russian disinformation campaign -- one designed to bring down the only president since the Cold War who has actually been willing to confront Russia in any meaningful way. It is an article of faith on the left that Russia wanted Trump to win the election because Vladimir Putin anticipated a more pliant approach, signaled by Trump’s explicit desire to negotiate a better relationship. But the Russians may just as well have preferred Hillary Clinton, who had given Russia everything it wanted while serving as President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State -- from the ill-fated "reset," to a surrender of U.S. missile defenses in Eastern Europe, to the sale of 20% of America’s uranium reserves to a Russian company closely tied to the Russian state. It is more plausible to suggest that Russia simply wants to disrupt American politics if it can get away with doing so, and would do the same regardless of which candidate won the election. Even if -- for argument’s sake -- Putin once preferred Trump, that would not preclude him from trying to undermine President Trump now, if possible. And in the "Democrat-media" complex, Putin has found a particularly potent weapon, aimed directly at the president. One could not imagine a better way to create havoc for an adversary -- and the left is playing into the enemy’s hands, eagerly and mindlessly, forgetting its own slavish enthusiasm for Russia for nearly a century. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Sleeper DEMs, trained by the best. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-29 10:37 |
| #2 This is what I've been saying for months. Too bad it is in Breitbart, which means it won't be taken seriously by the people that really need to see it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-05-29 10:02 |
| #1 It is an article of faith on the left that Russia wanted Trump to win the election because Vladimir Putin anticipated a more pliant approach And here I thought it's because Russians didn't want Hillary with nuclear football. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-29 01:34 |