One under-acknowledged reason why the Helsinki press conference provoked such an epic freakout was Trump’s implicit repudiation of American exceptionalism. I explain in this column:https://spectator.us/2018/07/trump-betrays-the-elite-sense-that-the-us-is-always-pure-and-democracy-loving/ …
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Or not so much indicative of decline, but stark pragmatist.
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Do these people get paid to write this BS? Trump told the truth! It IS our fault for the bad blood between DC and Moscow. How could any reasonable person disagree with that? Russia has, since the fall of the Wall, acted defensively to NATO/US aggressions and provocations.
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That's a twist of the reaction. It wasn't just saying America was part of the problem that generated outrage. It was because it was a clear attempt to avoid direct criticism of a country that interfered in US domestic affairs. Most elites are ok criticizing US foreign policy.
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