What are Americans supposed to think when their leaders contradict each other on the most basic question of national security—who is the enemy? This is happening every day on the floors of the House and the Senate, in committee hearing rooms, on television news programs, and in President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. Is Russia the enemy, or was the investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election just a slow-motion attack on the president and his supporters? Are Russian fake news troll farms stirring up resentments among the American electorate, or are mainstream media outlets just making things up?U.S. military …read more
Source: The Atlantic
