is, you know, i m glad we re learning confirmation of things that we actually already knew, but i continue to be frustrated by all the people who were in the room who did not speak out when it really mattered. stephanie grisham being one. you know, you talk about john bolton, mick mulvaney, general mattis, all these folks who knew what donald trump was and how he was behaving and yet chose not to share that with the american people before the election. but having said that, fiona hill s essay is really important and the points she makes, i think, is not just that donald trump had this weird man crush on vladimir putin, but he also shared his world view. they actually shared this illiberal contempt for democratic norms and she describes the way that america and russia have kind of coalesced, how there s been a convergence of our political