So what happened to the Russian conspiracy theory?

Right-wing pundits in the US have a question for the Democratic party: How does the tension with Russia fit in with the claim that Russia intervened in the elections for Trump?

Fox News host Tucker Carlson hosted Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California, quoting Russian diplomats as saying that relations with the United States are at its lowest ebb since the Cold War.

Carlson confronted Sherman with a claim the latter made two months ago that Trump’s relations with Russia were a new version of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. “Which one is right,” asked Carlson, “is Trump a Putin puppet, or is their relationship at a low?”

Sherman said he only claimed that Russia had hacked Democratic Party computers, but did not say that the Republicans necessarily cooperated with the Russians.

Moreover, Sherman added, it may have been accusations of cooperation with Russia that forced Trump to take a more aggressive line in order to prove that he was not a partner.

“The Trump government bombed Syria for several reasons,” he said. “Is one of these reasons to prove to someone in the country that they are not too close to Russia – we will not know.”

Carlson insisted and asked again how it could be maintained that Trump was close to Russia when US relations with Moscow were on the verge of exploding, and Sherman said that almost every American administration would take the same step as Trump.

 

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