This NYT article is being called the proof that Trump knew about the “collusion” and a lot of people think this is the slam dunk that Trump was ok with it or “knew.” These holy heads of intelligence came to Trump to let him know that (what, exactly? He didn’t really win??), and now this is a Gotcha for the left to Trump somehow.
This article is being taken very seriously, and I don’t know quite how to refute it with people who see the world from such a different perspective.
Is there any way any of this social media influence that may have come from Russia had any effect on the election? Every Trump voter I know was not affected by social media posts. I’ve known many of these FReepers here for years so I know they were not Russian bots. I was Pro Trump and I was not a Russian bot either. The typical Trump voter has to buck the mainstream EVERY DAY. You have to be tough to stand up against neighbors, family, media, etc and stick with what you believe is right. We aren’t swayed by silly unknowns online.
Just let them know that in case they were sleeping, Trump did a press conference about this on January 11, 2017. And then ask them why it is that the indictment handed down by Mueller goes into explicit detail about the Russian hack of the DNC (27 pages) but then has one page, with barely any details, of the Russians trying to hack the RNC servers, and without luck. So, if this was them trying to collude with Trump, then them attacking him as well was probably the strangest collusion ever.