They have confirmed that Russia-gate was a total hoax, and one used to remove Trump from office, and at the same time vilify Russia, like killing two birds with one stone. You have to remember that the Obama administration supported neo nazis in the overthrow of Yanukovych, a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine. Many who joined in on the demonstrations in 2014 were peaceful, and it was the neo-nazi's we supported who created the carnage and set the tone for the direction it took, Lots of killings in the Donbas, and the Minsk accords we promised, well you heard Merkel who said it was a lie just to buy time so Ukraine would be better prepared for war. I accept the faults you find in Trump, since I never claimed he was perfect, or even close, but I'm willing to bet had he got elected in 2020, and maybe he did, we wouldn't be where we are now. Norm Chomsky, full of Trump hate, said in an article he was the only statesman who could stop what is going on in Ukraine today. I believe him, and had Trump been elected we wouldn't be thinking about the possibility of a nuclear war which is going to escalate shortly. By the way I didn't vote for Trump, I was a registered democrat, but most unwilling to vote for Clinton. I'm an Independent now. In 2008 I too voted for Obama even after reading an article by a Black man in the Progressive who worked with him in Chicago politics and claimed he was no progressive. Didn't want to believe him, but yeah, he's no liberal.