Donald Trump just can’t quit Vladimir Putin. For a 24-hour stretch starting Wednesday night, the Republican nominee returned to his praise for the oppressive Russian strongman, throwing his campaign off balance and throwing the Republican Party into disarray.If there are lessons to be drawn from the stint, there are two: First, Trump can only ever stay on message for so long; and second, his admiration for Putin is not just a strange affectation, way of trolling the left, or product of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s influence. It’s a genuine affinity.A certain amount of credit has to go to …read more
Source: The Atlantic
