Trump as ‘Myth’ Is Understood in Moscow. They Reciprocate

It seems that Putin has indeed succeeded in finding an exit out from the imposed western cordon sanitaire.

Trump’s ascent to a portion of the ‘Mythic’ has become only too evident. As John Greer has observed:

“It’s becoming difficult even for the most dyed-in-the-wool rationalist to go on believing that Trump’s political career can be understood in the prosaic terms of ‘politics as usual’ ”.

Trump the man, of course, is in no way mythic. He’s an elderly, slightly infirm, American real estate oliga...