Bolton told the Russians that the Russian meddling in US elections had hardly any effect. He has no way to know that. It has not been assessed and it’s probably impossible to determine. Trump won/Clinton lost for many reasons. This is one of them.
Bolton sure changed his tune now that he is working for Russia’s pal Trump.
from the article:
” First, attitudes on race and immigration were crucial distinguishing characteristics of both Trump and Clinton switchers. The more racially conservative an Obama or third party voter was, the more likely they were to switch to Trump. Similarly, the more racially liberal a Romney or third-party voter was, the more likely they were to switch to Clinton.
Second, class was largely irrelevant in switching to Trump. Keeping racial attitudes constant, white working-class voters were not more likely to switch to Trump. The white working-class voters who did switch tended to score about as highly on measures of racial conservatism and anti-immigrant attitudes as wealthier switchers.”
A fascinating but ultimately inconclusive story
Maybe Mueller knows the answer.
Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance law violations.
If he’s guilty, isn’t Trump guilty too?
I don’t think Cohen would have done this on his own without direction from Trump.
Cohen didn’t sleep with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, Trump did.
Would it be fair if Trump got laid and Cohen went to jail for it?
If Trump can’t be indicted while he is president, I hope he’s indicted as soon as he leaves office. I have no doubt he’s a criminal. To paraphrase his cult members, “Lock him up!”
I recently read Fear by Bob Woodward on the early part of the Trump administration. Woodward is excellent at digging out information and presenting it clearly. His prose is bland but that’s fine – the book is about the subject, the writing. It’s news writing prose, not fiction.
There’s lots of scary stuff – Trump is sure he is right even when presented with facts that contradict his opinion. For example, he was insistent that Iran was in violation of the nuclear deal when they weren’t. It sounds like it’s impossible to get him to change long-held beliefs.
The administration comes across as very disorganized. I worked in the federal government (at much lower levels) for decades and we never had this kind of infighting and chaos.
Sad! 