Morning Jolt: Yes, There Is Such a Thing as ‘Too Dumb for Government Work’

We don't know that there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. What we do know now is that if given the opportunity to collude with the Russian government — in the form of an offer of "some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia" that is "obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," Donald Trump Jr. would say, "I love it especially later in the summer."

This is really bad. This may or may not be a crime; because there was, as far as we know, no actual "damaging information" offered at the meeting. But this is nuclear-level bad judgment.

For starters, did Donald Trump Jr. really not recognize the danger here? Does he think the Russian government does much that Vladimir Putin and the FSB doesn't know about? At any point, did it ever cross his mind that he might be stepping into a blackmail plot on the part of the FSB?

And why didn't it disturb, bother, worry, or unnerve him to hear that the Russian government was "supporting" his father? Vladimir ...

July 12 2017

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Yes, There Is Such a Thing as 'Too Dumb for Government Work' Jim Geraghty We don't know that there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. What we do know now is that if given the opportunity to collude with the Russian government — in the form of an offer of "some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia" that is "obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," Donald Trump Jr. would say, "I love it especially later in the summer." This is really bad. This may or may not be a crime; because there was, as far as we know, no actual "damaging information" offered at the meeting. But this is nuclear-level bad judgment. For starters, did Donald Trump Jr. really not recognize the danger here? Does he think the Russian government does much that Vladimir Putin and the FSB doesn't know about? At any point, did it ever cross his mind that he might be stepping into a blackmail plot on the part of the FSB? And why didn't it disturb, bother, worry, or unnerve him to hear that the Russian government was "supporting" his father? Vladimir ... READ MORE War for the Planet of the Apes Is Magnificent Kyle Smith Comparing the current, mostly enthralling series of Planet of the Apes movies with their Sixties and Seventies counterparts is like comparing an iPhone with a rotary-dial Bakelite monstrosity.... The Kids Are Alt-Right Michael Brendan Dougherty The Kids Are Alt-Right ADVERTISEMENT A Reply to John McWhorter Jonathan Anomaly, Brian Boutwell In his provocative piece in the latest print edition of National Review, Professor John McWhorter considers and ultimately rejects the social value of having an open discussion about cognitive... There Is Now Evidence that Senior Trump Officials Attempted to Collude With Russia David French Just hours ago, Donald Trump Jr. released one of the more astounding e-mail chains of the entire Russia controversy. The end result is that Americans may now be introduced to the term "attempted... What Has Trump's Policy Actually Been Toward Russia? Elliot Kaufman Anyone who knows anything about President Trump knows that there's something up with him and Russia. Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr. basically admitted to at least attempted collusion. And there is... How Smarter Mental-Health Policies Could Have Prevented Officer Miosotis Familia's Murder D. J. Jaffe Last Wednesday, a mentally ill man named Alexander Bonds killed New York City police officer Miosotis Familia with a bullet to the head while she sat parked in a police truck. The assassination... ADVERTISEMENT The Russian Revolution: A New History Sean McMeekin 'It is a quarter of a century since Richard Pipes published his history of the Bolshevik seizure of power in the Russian empire, and twenty years since Orlando Figes's A People's Tragedy. Back then...those seemed definitive. But now comes Sean McMeekin with a vivid new account, drawing on fresh evidence and offering an original, geopolitical perspective. The full, shocking extent to which Lenin was a German operative now becomes clear...His Russian Revolution grips the reader.' - Niall Ferguson, senior fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford LEARN MORE Running of the Bulls G20 Summit Protests ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.