Journalism

There is a new book out about the Trump/Russia connection and according to The Washington Post Craig Unger’s new book, “American Kompromat,” should be read with a similar understanding, for it opens with the presumption that former president Donald Trump is, as former CIA director Michael Hayden described him, “a clear and present danger.” Unger starts from the premise that Trump is a Kremlin asset and proceeds to advance the argument. This is mindful of the old adage that you can set a predetermined course to reach a predetermined conclusion and you will always get there. Unger is listed as a journalist and a writer and the hope is that this is writing and not journalism.