Media still pretends that Russian collusion with Clinton campaign did not happen

Washington Post:
Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked

Nearly a year into his presidency, Trump continues to reject the evidence that Russia waged an unprecedented assault on a pillar of American democracy and supported his run for the White House. Interviews with more than 50 U.S. officials show that the personal insecurities of the president have impaired the government’s response to a national security threat, with Trump resisting or attempting to roll back efforts to hold Moscow to account as he tries to forge a partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The intelligence community lost the President's trust on this issue when they directly, and indirectly, accused him of colluding with the Russians.  He knew that not to be the case and so became less likely to believe them on other aspects of Russian interference in the election. 

But perhaps the intelligence communities biggest mistake is not realizing that the dirty dossier and
the meeting with Donld Trump Jr. were also part of a plot to sew discord in both parties and make them less likely to work together.  The Russians were spectacularly successful with the help of Fusion GPS in pushing a false narrative attacking trump.  Only a Democrat or a fool could now miss this, yet many on the left and in the media persist in ignoring this fact.  Their other attempts at influencing the election were not nearly as successful.

If the intelligence community is ignoring this obvious attempt to influence the election against Trump, then he has every right to view them as not competent.  They need to work to regain his confidence and that starts with a realistic look at Democrat collusion with Russian intelligence on teh dirty dossier.


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