The whole episode shows how Trump's propaganda works: The goal is to get disinformation treated respectfully.
That's what happened here.
New piece:
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In that context, all these diplomats have also testified to a bigger story, in which Trump's use of Ukraine as a pawn also aligns us with corrupt kleptocracy against western liberal democracy.
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That's why getting a *public* statement from Ukraine was so key.
And as Steve Bannon has candidly revealed, getting the MSM to launder disinformation is the whole ball game:
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