Name:   phil - Subject:   good question Date:   7/7/2017 12:43:59 PM (updated 7/7/2017 1:01:14 PM)

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/politics/russia-sanctions-announced-by-white-house/index.html

Sanctions that Obama imposed after the election after knowing what was going on for months were supposed to do what exactly?  Why did he not do something before the election?  To suggest stopping the election, you have to be kidding???  How about him taking one of those hundreds of media appearances and state that our election is being meddled with and tell the American people as well as the states that are in charge of the election to watch out for "Russians"

So canidate Trump stating it was rigged stopped Obama dead in his tracks and brainwashed all us deplorables into thinking Obama was criminally meddling instead.  

From the Russian point of view, this has been a brilliantly concieved and executed operation.   In order to be a strong Trump supporter now, you have to have more confidence in the Russian government as a reliable source of information than our own.....and dismiss the opinions of the US government, military & intelligence agencies completely.

yup our Government is the paragon of truth and virtue - from the IRS not targeting the TEA party, selling guns across borders and Lych just happening to meet up with Bill Clinton accidentally at a out of the way airport.  Does it make me trust the Russians?  Nope, but does not give me lots of reason to trust my government either.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/upshot/the-long-decline-of-trust-in-government-and-why-that-can-be-patriotic.html

NY times 2015 - still nothing to do with Trump

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/04/80-percent-of-americans-dont-trust-the-government-heres-why/39148/

article from 2010 80% dont trust the US govenment - nothing to do with Trump

I really like this graph of trust in the Government notice the rise of distrust and its peaks with Clinton and Obama.  Its bad when Clinton and Obama have a higher distrust rating then even Nixon.  Distrust seems to also come along around economic down turns.