trump s shoot somebody on fifth avenue crowd, that segment of the american public predisposed to support him no matter what, to believe his lies no matter what. they ve got a favorite word for the unknown surrounding trump s relationship with russia, and you know it. they call it a hoax. it s been like that ever since the republican-led senate intelligence committee published factual, certifiable evidence of business dealings and suggestions of political cooperation in the lead up to the 2016 election. again, to them, it was always a hoax. but recently, after further scrutiny of the steele dossier, that wholesale dismissal of everything we know about trump and russia has caught on with the anti-anti-trump crowd. those outside that trump bubble who sometimes see common cause. the result, what david frum called a project of retrospective denial from his piece in the atlantic. quote, the steele dossier undertook to answer the question, what the hell is going on with trump and russia? it