If you’re looking to Jon Meacham for comfort after Friday’s New York Times bombshell report revealing the FBI had investigated whether President Donald Trump was working as a Russian agent, cover your ears. In an interview with MSNBC’s Brian Williams shortly after the scoop was published, the presidential historian said the news was unprecedented. “I think the report in the Times tonight has ― if anything could possibly elevate the stakes of our current moment, that did it,” Meacham said. Meacham described it as a “slow moving, unfolding story,” employing a rather unsettling historical parallel. Language has also been amended in Meacham’s quote about the Titanic, as he misstated the name of the ship that didn’t respond to its distress call.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2019 10:06 UTC