President Trump posing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on May 10, in a photo made available by the Russian Foreign Ministry. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE via Getty Images)I’ll posit that President Trump is not a Manchurian candidate, prepped and lodged in the highest office to betray America. That said, his behavior is really no different from what one would expect — or Russia would expect — from a planted agent. [Keeping Kushner would make Trump’s Russia nightmare permanent]The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus explains why lashing out might not be the best legal move for President Trump. You’d think by the law of averages he’d once in a while stumble into a position that put him fundamentally at odds with Russia.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2017 13:04 UTC