The Ukraine Hoax Looks Like Russia Hoax Redux
Nancy Pelosi's statement yesterday regarding the ongoing Impeachment Theater made it pretty clear that the endgame is to try to tie Trump's consideration of withholding military aid to Ukraine to renewed allegations that Trump is doing Putin's bidding. That reflects the claim that Glenn Simpson (following others) will make in his book, which we reviewed in What Did Obama Know--And When?
After four years on his trail, the authors' inescapable conclusion is that Trump is an asset of the Russian government, whether he knows it or not.
I don't think there's any other way to interpret Pelosi's remarks:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "All roads seem to lead to Putin with the president." https://t.co/JsAo4rT8TMpic.twitter.com/52iWUykcLx
— ABC News (@ABC) October 15, 2019
It's a shockingly bankrupt strategy--both morally and strategically. Morally bankrupt, because it IS morally bankrupt to consciously and cynically attempt to dupe the public in this way with patently false conspiracy theories. It's a bankrupt strategy because it's certain to backfire.