The NYT cites “senior American officials,” and you take it seriously? This is like the coyote thinking he can trust the roadrunner. Or put another way, when was the last big Trump-related story the NYT broke that turned out to be true?
“The NYT cites senior American officials, and you take it seriously?”
I find that “senior American officials” a strange way to put it. Why would they feel the need to single out an American official? As opposed to a German official? I would lay odds this whole thing is spurious. We will soon find out.
You have a point