It's Official, Russians Corrupted The Election

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Originally Posted by Chicks

Trump’s Crisis of Legitimacy

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...timate/565451/

There’s a reason we have two different words for legality and legitimacy. Each new wave of information about Russia’s targeted assistance to Trump—and the Trump campaign’s acceptance of that assistance—subtracts from this presidency’s quantum of that second, higher quality. His supporters may not care. But legitimacy is important precisely because it shapes the behavior and beliefs of non-supporters. And in Trump’s case, those non-supporters are the large majority of the American population.

Frum is a very sharp guy. Sees to the heart of things quite often.