Niall Ferguson: My Journey From a Jerusalem of Ghosts to the Living Jerusalem
This piece is by WWSG exclusive thought leader, Niall Ferguson. To make proper sense of the bloody events of the past 12 months in the…
Thought Leader: Niall Ferguson
By David Frum (Original source The Atlantic)
“Good news, America. Russia helped install your president. But although he owes his job in large part to that help, the president did not conspire or collude with his helpers. He was the beneficiary of a foreign intelligence operation, but not an active participant in that operation. He received the stolen goods, but he did not conspire with the thieves in advance.
This is what Donald Trump’s administration and its enablers in Congress and the media are already calling exoneration. But it offers no reassurance to Americans who cherish the independence and integrity of their political process.
The question unanswered by the attorney general’s summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is: Why? Russian President Vladimir Putin took an extreme risk by interfering in the 2016 election as he did. Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency—the most likely outcome—Russia would have been exposed to fierce retaliation by a powerful adversary. The prize of a Trump presidency must have glittered alluringly, indeed, to Putin and his associates.” Why?
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Niall Ferguson: My Journey From a Jerusalem of Ghosts to the Living Jerusalem
This piece is by WWSG exclusive thought leader, Niall Ferguson. To make proper sense of the bloody events of the past 12 months in the…
Thought Leader: Niall Ferguson
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Thought Leader: Peter Goodman
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