Donald Has Melania, Vladimir Has Bupkis

Few believed Russia’s farcical meddling in US elections was over after it helped Trump get a landslide victory over Harris. And now we have proof after Putin’s 60 Minutes airs nudes of our (incredibly attractive) First Lady Elect.

As WSJ columnist Holman Jenkins recently wrote, “The last days of the 2024 race were perfectly lousy with accusations, almost as if the Russian government had decided to cut out the middleman and phone up the FBI to report directly what it was up to next.” Among other things, Russians were accused of bomb threats at US polling places & the NY Times as well as WaPo suddenly reported daily leaks from its unidentified sources supposedly warning about Russian efforts to undermine confidence in America’s electoral process and, btw, get the Orange Man elected. As Jenkins waxed, “How does [this] endless succession of headlines saying Russia is trying to help Donald Trump, as MSNBC interprets the phenomenon, help Mr. Trump?”

Of course, it doesn’t. As Jenkins noted: Academic studies have shown “zero effect” on US voter behavior, but a “large effect in getting Americans to exaggerate Russian influence.” Jenkins (and I) suspect Putin is laughing his tush off at his ability to get into the heads of naïve Democrats, almost as easy as taking vodka from a baby. And, if it’s that easy to gull Democrats, he might be thinking why not Republicans too? Hence, the Melania tapes? I’m willing to bet Vladimir spends hours getting off on Trump’s Melania. But, after two impeachments, endless law fare and two assassination attempts, it’s easy to figure No. 47 will find a way to console himself every night so long as he has his bride at his side.

Davd Soul