"A country is in a precarious place when its foreign adversaries and its president are both trying to increase its political polarization along the same lines. It shows, however, that “there really are paid trolls hate-quoting each other’s troll account, helping to shape divisive attitudes in the U.S. among actual Americans who think of the other side as a caricature of itself.”... " two striking conclusions can be drawn and That convergence is alarming. This report does not imply that Trump coordinated with Russia, but that the Trump coalition benefits from an angry, polarized, divided nation. Trump doesn’t want to weaken America. He simply hungers for power and attention, and as has been the case his whole life, if others must suffer negative consequences so he can feed his appetites, he’ll proceed."
At www.theatlantic.com
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