To his allies, U.S. President Donald Trump never did anything to warrant the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.
But this is not Russia.
This time, some of those same allies say, Trump brought the Ukraine investigation on himself. One said it‘s “unseemly,” while others called it a “naive” and “stupid” mistake, to ask a foreign leader for a political favor.
“Russia was never real,” said an outside Trump adviser. “Ukraine is.”
High-level Trump supporters who have stood by the president for years are growing increasingly unsettled by his latest strategy of dismissing the latest fight as Russia 2.0. Half-a-dozen senior Republicans, …read more
Source:: European Voice
