The Party of Carter Page

Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 12:34 p.m.

b'Donald Trump used to have a simple message about the Russia investigation: It isn\\u2019t really about Russia; that\\u2019s just a Democratic excuse for losing the 2016 election. Trump said he had never cared about Russia. So when investigators found people around him doing suspicious things with Russians\\u2014Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn, George Papadopoulos\\u2014Trump said those interactions had nothing to do with him. The brushoff strategy was smart.'