mueller going to the hill tomorrow to lay out in grave detail the way donald trump requested russian assistance, he received russian assistance, he welcomed russian assistance, he covered up russian assistance and then he rewarded russian assistance. and how did he reward russian assistance? in part by denigrating nato. in part by cheering on brexit. in part by cheering on the breakup of the european union. so here you have putin s handy work that will now be on full display on capitol hill tomorrow. and brian, it is such a powerful coincidence because robert mueller will be testifying, especially to the intelligence committee, about the ways in which russia does this. and they re very similar to what we saw in the united kingdom with the additional element of some ability to trace what appear to be russian financial contributions to the brexit campaign. yeah, that s right. and i think, you know, this is something where the disinformation playbook, the information warfare playbook
something where the disinformation playbook, the information warfare playbook that vladimir putin has started to fine tune in running up to the 2020 elections in the united states is something that everybody in europe and in the uk is getting used to. it s the new normal. and i think part of that is because as robert mueller will likely point out tomorrow, there has been no serious consequences to it, both in the from the british government or from the united states government. so i think that s something that we ll have to look at, whether boris johnson is actually up to the task of standing up to vladimir putin. and the problem is because he needs new allies, because the alliance with the european union is being downgraded, he won t have the luxury of being tough on authoritarian adversaries like russia and china, which is, again, all very good news for autocrats around the world that donald trump loves and admires and that are going to inflict serious damage on western democracies