[stormhill]

I lean in your direction.
The evidence seems to point toward some sort of coercion. No longer do we have statesmen willing to put the interest of the nation ahead of their own. Other than Trump, we don't see people who will meet a threat of exposure by telling them to "go ahead and publish whatever you want and see if I give a damn."

[arthurus]

Were it not coerced it would have been much less awkward.