"The pundit class has grown bored of the story behind Trump’s corrupt relationship with Russia. Too many in power, have grown used to the president deploying national security secrets in the same way he once traded tabloid gossip . He discloses American intelligence to deflect attention from unflattering stories, suck up to people he wants to impress, or simply on a whim. (Read the evidence). “These persistent problems with the president, his erratic nature, his questioning of his own intelligence agencies— cause great concern among our allies..”One would like to think that America’s intelligence-sharing relationships can be repaired if Trump is voted out in 2020. But it’s not just the president that foreign spies can’t trust. The U.S. has shown the world that it is capable of putting someone like Trump in office, & that can’t be undone. He’s left the whole country compromised."
At www.nytimes.com
