We are witnessing the return with fanfare of the “Russian factor” in American politics.
This time, it is not, as during the 2016 campaign, through interference by Putin's intelligence services on the servers of the Democratic Party, nor through dark approaches made to candidate Trump's son, Donald Junior, and several of his collaborators (whose criminal responsibility was never proven despite three years of investigation).
The Russian factor returns this time openly to the electoral game through the thunderous Trumpist television presenter Tucker Carlson and his trip to Moscow to interview the master of the Kremlin.
Opening a boulevard for Vladimir Putin to invite himself into the American campaign and the debate on aid to Ukraine.
And sowing trouble throughout the Atlantic Alliance which is questioning the coordination of this spectacle with the Trump campaign, of which Carlson is an informal advisor but oh so powerful, given his…
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