Hysteria ruled the days after Helsinki.  After a closed-door meeting, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a joint press conference.  The tone of both leaders was properly diplomatic.  This undoubtedly surprised the press – people who didn't really think President Trump was capable of rational speech or behavior.  Naturally, the questions addressed to President Putin were suitably obsequious.  President Trump received the opposite.  President Trump supposedly made a major tactical mistake when he said he trusted Putin's word over the reports from his intelligence people about Russian interference in our elections.  He simply was revealing the fundamental truth of the situation.  Former head of the FBI James Comey and his counter-intelligence chief Peter Strzok are well known for their attempts to subvert President Trump, as are former CIA chief John Brennan and former director of National...(Read Full Post)