This whole flap about Russian influence is strictly political. It’s a newfound hammer in the hands of those who oppose Trump in both parties and who wish to control his decisions and behavior. They want to restrict him now and enhance their own positions of power. That’s what this is all about, because it’s a meaningless issue. A side benefit to taking the anti-Russian position and calling for investigations is that there is, at least on the surface, almost no downside. Trump’s antagonists think that they can’t go wrong by taking this stance; but they can and they are. They’re … Continue reading McConnell and Ryan Join the Anti-Trump Anti-Russian Bandwagon