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Umm, didn't the more radical right-wing Russian posts, while energising the alt-right, equally discredit Trump in the eyes of liberals? You can't have it both w

Umm, didn't the more radical right-wing Russian posts, while energising the alt-right, equally discredit Trump in the eyes of liberals? You can't have it both ways. The truth is the Russian operation appears to have been designed to shake people's faith in Western democracy as it currently stands (and it's working!) Even causing some people to want to use that interference to delegitimise their otherwise legitimately-elected officials (high five, everyone!)

perfmode 8y ago
as far as i can see, the effort to meddle would have been considered a failure had the democratic candidate won in 2016.
enjo 8y ago
Putin openly campaigned for Trump, promising war if the United Stated elected Hillary Clinton. Russia for whatever its reason clearly had a preference. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russian-trump-idUSKCN12C28Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russian-trum...
- nextlevelwizard 8y ago
  >Putin openly campaigned >links article where "Putins ally" is interviewed What even is this? During the actual campaigns this was never brought up with any seriousness. Only war related thing that was brought up was Clinton's eagerness to move troops into Syria which Putin said would lead into war between Russia and US. That cowardly downvote without response... What else to expect from HN