Even more disturbing is Putin’s effort to solidify the gains from invading neighboring Ukraine in 2014 and annexing Crimea. Yet, even after the impeachment saga, Trump continues to undercut Ukraine, promoting the line of Russian intelligence that Kyiv, not Moscow, was behind the hacking in the 2016 election. GOP legislators are even pushing legislative investigations to prove this canard. (Trump’s reelection campaign has even sued the Washington Post and New York Times for opinion articles on Trump’s attitude towards Russian interference.)