Jennifer Rubin and Sarah Kendzior offer complimentary observations on Trump-Russia, that compound word for the evident association between Trump and Putin’s authoritarian state.
Rubin’s remarks are from yesterday, Kendzior’s from May 20th.
Rubin asks, of Trump, Would a spy for Russia be acting any differently?:
By whatever means, Russia has reaped unexpected and unparalleled benefits from Trump’s presidency. One can attribute all these individual actions to luck or coincidence, I suppose. But Trump has yet to take a single action nor have a single public interchange that harmed Russia’s interests. You’d think by the law of averages he’d once in a while stumble into a position that put him fundamentally at odds with Russia. That, however, has not occurred. Nor has it been possible for respected advisers to keep him from giving Russians intelligence data, sowing discord with allies and employing his son-in-law, whose contacts with the Russians seem curiouser and curiouser each day.
Sarah Kendzior, in a television interview, sees a close connection between Trump & Putin as a consequence of their shared disregard for the rule of law, corruption, and authoritarian personalities:
.@SARAHKENDZIOR: As president #Trump sees himself as above the law. RETWEET TO AGREE #AMJoy https://t.co/8UYs3RBXYU
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) May 20, 2017
In either case, Trump will never get past Trump-Russia, because that close connection defines his politically degenerate outrlook.