[The Urban Sombrero]

He clarified because the media dog pack still seeks to rend him to pieces at every turn. Exposing your ridiculous blather for what it is does not constitute deflection. But since when were your posts ever tethered to fact, right?

Apparently, you lack objectivity where Donald Trump is concened. Shall I parphrase?
“Every time I talk to Vladimir he stresses he didn’t do it. I think he is sincere.” The President’s sensitivity about Russian interference, and concomitant collusion, appear as weakness, as does his insecurity. Putin, an adept reader of people, no doubt understands Trump a great deal more competently than Trump does Putin.