>manipulate election >discredit popular candidate >help controversial polarising alternative get elected >subvertly let it be known that it was you who done it >make half hearted denials >pretend you want to be friends with president elect >subvertly discredit him with false salacious allegations >maintain 6 degrees of separation throughout
is he a legit mastermind? Moscow is playing america like a xylophone.
The last part of Hypernormalization is pretty good for this discussion too
Dominic Wood
>popular candidate
Presuming she was, he only discredited her by letting people know the truth about her.
Cameron Gray
i have to admit, that did ring some bells. now that im thinking about it. but if russia is behind all of this, to what ends? just to destabilize USA?
Julian Peterson
Why would they reveal that they had dirt on Trump? They wouldn't want to risk losing such a valuable pawn.
Justin Cox
I think you're missing the point.
Carter Rogers
>i have to admit, that did ring some bells. >now that im thinking about it. >but if russia is behind all of this, to what ends? >just to destabilize USA?
In the west we tend to think of things very short term.
The Russians got BTFO post ww1 and have been plotting revenge ever since. Putin's playing the long game