The main theory is that it was Pence’s Speechwriter or someone trying to frame Pence due to the use of the word ‘lodestar’.
One of the effects of this presidency is that it has shifted the threshold of crazy/expectations/importance etc. Not only are we being distracted by the daily grind of media shocks and missing bigger-picture and longer-term issues but things that would previously shocked and alarmed us into a response now seem less important compared to a perpetual crisis of legitimacy that surrounds the president.
At least China and Russia are a *little* off balance and not perfectly placed to capitalize. But I fear the constant distractions the president and his team are facing are creating openings for DPRK, Iran, AQ and other actors to advance their interests.
One of the effects of this presidency is that it has shifted the threshold of crazy/expectations/importance etc. Not only are we being distracted by the daily grind of media shocks and missing bigger-picture and longer-term issues but things that would previously shocked and alarmed us into a response now seem less important compared to a perpetual crisis of legitimacy that surrounds the president.
At least China and Russia are a *little* off balance and not perfectly placed to capitalize. But I fear the constant distractions the president and his team are facing are creating openings for DPRK, Iran, AQ and other actors to advance their interests.