It might be good for all of us to write a letter like this:
Dear Mr. Putin,
There is a segment of our talking heads class that claims that the election of Donald Trump was brought about by the meddling of the Russian government.
I just want to take a moment to thank you. Unlike you, I was not enthused about Donald Trump as president. The only thing that got me to vote for him was the prospect of “Reset” Hillary being elected. I concede that in this area your wisdom exceeded mine. I am reasonably sure that your motivation and mine were entirely opposite but for a brief moment we moved in the same direction.
I am hoping that our man will run again in 2020. Somehow I don’t think you will be too excited about that, after all, we are at least your competition if not actual enemies. If you plan to back his opponent I will understand and wish you all the effectiveness that you had last time. In case that is not clear I am hoping your efforts will be as weak and bumbling as they were in 2016. It does not surprise or anger me that you tried to influence our election. I would expect you to do nothing less that improve the condition of your country. I am sure that you will understand if the benefit of Russia is not first on my agenda.
I bear you no ill will. I think that it is possible for there to be more than one strong, secure country in the world. At present it seems to be just America but why not Russia and China if they can get their houses in order.
Sincerely,
Pumice
homo unius libri
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