Putin’s leaky strategy
By Joe Scarborough May 6, WashPost
Russia has struck again. But this time, Vladimir Putin’s target was not a presidential runner-up in the United States but the next president of France.
Putin should have quit while he was behind.
Russia’s attack on last year’s American election may have dominated political headlines, but many agree with Democratic legend Willie Brown that “the Russians didn’t lose the election for Clinton. It was our own overconfidence.”
Whether Brown is right or not, this much is certain. Russia’s foreign electioneering is not the Machiavellian masterstroke that Putin’s admirers claim it up to be. Instead, Russia’s reckless gambit into U.S. politics has created a diplomatic backlash that has left Moscow more isolated than before Donald Trump’s election.
(More here.)
Russia has struck again. But this time, Vladimir Putin’s target was not a presidential runner-up in the United States but the next president of France.
Putin should have quit while he was behind.
Russia’s attack on last year’s American election may have dominated political headlines, but many agree with Democratic legend Willie Brown that “the Russians didn’t lose the election for Clinton. It was our own overconfidence.”
Whether Brown is right or not, this much is certain. Russia’s foreign electioneering is not the Machiavellian masterstroke that Putin’s admirers claim it up to be. Instead, Russia’s reckless gambit into U.S. politics has created a diplomatic backlash that has left Moscow more isolated than before Donald Trump’s election.
(More here.)
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