Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump
- 7 years ago
Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump
At a minimum, they showed that Trump was lying when he said, repeatedly,
that he had “nothing to do with Russia.” Further, Sater’s logic — that Putin’s buy-in on a real estate deal would result in Trump’s election — was bizarre, suggesting that some part of the proposed collaboration was left unsaid.
He was able to interview Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the dossier attempting to detail Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin,
and who describes the conspiracy between the American president and the Russians as “massive — absolutely massive.”
Every weekday, get thought-provoking commentary from Op-Ed columnists, the Times editorial board and contributing writers from around the world.
But three months feels like three decades in Trump years,
and I mostly forgot about these reports until I read Luke Harding’s new book, “Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win.” One uncanny aspect of the investigations into Trump’s Russia connections is that instead of too little evidence there’s too much.
Incidents that would be major scandals in a normal administration — like the mere
fact of Trump’s connection to Sater — become minor subplots in this one.
Sater was apparently an intermediary between Trump and Russia, and in a Nov. 3, 2015, email to Cohen, he made the strange argument
that a successful deal would lead to Trump’s becoming president.
At a minimum, they showed that Trump was lying when he said, repeatedly,
that he had “nothing to do with Russia.” Further, Sater’s logic — that Putin’s buy-in on a real estate deal would result in Trump’s election — was bizarre, suggesting that some part of the proposed collaboration was left unsaid.
He was able to interview Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the dossier attempting to detail Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin,
and who describes the conspiracy between the American president and the Russians as “massive — absolutely massive.”
Every weekday, get thought-provoking commentary from Op-Ed columnists, the Times editorial board and contributing writers from around the world.
But three months feels like three decades in Trump years,
and I mostly forgot about these reports until I read Luke Harding’s new book, “Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win.” One uncanny aspect of the investigations into Trump’s Russia connections is that instead of too little evidence there’s too much.
Incidents that would be major scandals in a normal administration — like the mere
fact of Trump’s connection to Sater — become minor subplots in this one.
Sater was apparently an intermediary between Trump and Russia, and in a Nov. 3, 2015, email to Cohen, he made the strange argument
that a successful deal would lead to Trump’s becoming president.