Few political allegations are as persistent as the charge that Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s puppet.
The theory goes like this: In 2016, the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to hack into the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair. The Russians then gave the emails to WikiLeaks, which made them public and wrecked the anti-Russian Clinton’s chances of winning the White House — a result that confounded almost all political experts. Ever since the election, Trump and his team have been busily covering up the crime.
Trump is also vulnerable to Kremlin blackmail, we are told, because …read more
Alexander Downer meeting doesn’t prove the Trump campaign colluded with Russia
