re: #102 MsJ

That credits trump with thought and strategy concepts he doesn’t have. He’s go apeshit if anyone beneath him did anything to make him look bad. I don’t see that as a viable explanation myself.

The problem with the Bolton explanation is that the NYT story has Maggie on the byline, and she’s too dedicated to being Donny’s fluffer to risk her access to palace intrigue circuit by being Bolton’s puppet. And even if you say “Well, Bolton relayed it through a third party,” she’d still feel compelled to call up her sources closer to the Don to corroborate.