The Weaponization of Russia in US Domestic Politics

... progressivism.[2] Consequently, when Trump announced that he wanted to open up for cooperation with Russia and Putin on the basis of their joint struggle against ISIS and terrorism, the liberal establishment immediately began to question what would motivate Trump to pursue a US-Russian rapprochement. Surely there had to be some ulterior motive, how else could Trump want to befriend, what had become in the eyes of many in the halls of power and media in the US, the resurrected “Evil Empire” in conservative format. This speculation ...