As evidence continues to mount suggesting the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 election, the president’s allies have shifted to a new defense: Collusion is no big deal. For months, the White House has fervently denied allegations of collusion, with President Trump routinely dismissing Russia stories in the press as “fake news,” and calling himself the victim of an historically unprecedented “witch hunt.” His Republican defenders have largely followed suit, rejecting the entire collusion narrative as a “hoax,” or at least a partisan smear. Now, however, many of Trump’s high-profile supporters and surrogates are changing …read more
Source: The Atlantic
