Matt Purple
Politics, Americas
Whatever Trump Jr. did, the numerous causes of Trump’s election cannot be reduced to some hacked emails and a fruitless klatch with a Russian lawyer.
The irony here is that Donald Trump has probably been tougher on Russia than Barack Obama was.
Ham-handed efforts at forming a joint cybersecurity unit aside, Trump has requested more funds for an American military buildup in eastern Europe. He’s bombed a Syrian air base where Russian soldiers had been stationed mere hours prior. He’s repeatedly gone tit-for-tat with Iranian and Assadist proxies of Moscow in Syria, drawing warnings from many (including myself) that …read more
Source: The National Interest
