For anyone to hold that a meeting between then-Senator Sessions and the Russian Ambassador is bad, what must be believed is that the Russians altered the results of the election. That’s it, folks – you have to get that deep into the paranoid, conspiracy theory weeds to even think the meeting had a nefarious aspect to it. This is stuff akin to believing that the Moon landing was faked.
Now, let’s think about a few things:
1. Since Trump has become President, there has been a push to revive American military strength. This is something the Russians won’t like.
2. Since Trump has become President, there has been a push to get NATO to increase its military strength. This, also, is something the Russians won’t like.
3. Our Ambassador to the UN has called the Russians out on their actions. This is, again, something the Russians won’t like.
4. Trump is pressing for a big increase in American oil and natural gas production, thus undercutting the prime source of Russian income. Obviously, Russians will not be pleased by this.
So, even supposing you want to believe that Russia altered the election result, what are they getting for their efforts? It seems to me that if Trump is a Russian stooge then Trump is massively betraying his benefactors. There is not a single policy proposal Trump has put forward which can be construed as being pro-Russian in its primary intent. Meanwhile, plenty of Trump policies are working directly against Russia.
Do you start to see the level of stupid we’re getting to here? But, never let it be said that the Republican Party isn’t up to the task: of course as soon as the bogus story broke about Sessions there were several GOP Congress shmucks quick to call for an independent counsel. To look into what?
