The Kremlin could find no better friend to demoralize the United States than its current president. A roundup of editorials Wednesday takes a look at the issue.
Buried in the Mueller astro-turfing indictment is something that we have long suspected. The Internet Research Agency's "troll farm" is geared to develop audience in socially active communities (e.g through aligned memes), in order to spam them on behalf of anyone willing to pay: pic.twitter.com/sms0YAKB3j
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) February 18, 2018
2. Trump Is helping to undermine American democracy
From CNN: Trump's tweets are as effective a tool as Russian meddling when it comes to dividing Americans.
Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan’s indictment shows how Robert Mueller is trying to get to the big fish — in this case, former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. https://t.co/OEoPuvVqNO
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 21, 2018
3. We've Just Hit a New Presidential Low
From The Washington Post: To blame the FBI for missing warnings about the Florida shooter because they are investigating Russian interference in our elections was grotesque.