Surely Vladimir Putin is sitting in front of the fireplace in his dacha, enjoying a hearty laugh about those “silly Americans” sniping at each other over who’s getting the most help from Russia in the 2020 election.
It’s not that the situation isn’t serious — it is. It’s just that the Trump administration, now with a little help from Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders, has elevated the discussion to comic opera status. What’s needed is not political theater, but an aggressive response from lawmakers and greater transparency with the American public.
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