Eroding Trust

NY Times: With ‘Spygate,’ Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy Theories to Erode Trust By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Maggie Haberman

Last week, President Trump promoted new, unconfirmed accusations to suit his political narrative: that a “criminal deep state” element within Mr. Obama’s government planted a spy deep inside his presidential campaign to help his rival, Hillary Clinton, win — a scheme he branded “Spygate.”