The Weaponization of Russia in US Domestic Politics
... foreign policy realm, cannot be trusted, as they are serving the interest of a foreign power rather than the interest of the United States. There are many reasons as to how Russia has become a bogeyman in American politics, ranging from genuine geo-political ... ... beyond the scope of this blog post, attention will be drawn to its background and utility for the American liberals in their anti-Trump effort. US-Russia relations took a massive hit when Obama announced in 2013 that the Assad government had crossed the red line in the Syrian civil war with its alleged use of chemical weapons. When Russia successfully pulled off its diplomatic coup, brokering ...