Donald Trump is doing more to undermine himself than any Democrat

America may need to ‘vote again,’ says former CIA operative Robert Baer – preferably in a plebiscite not orchestrated by Vladimir Putin. The spy-turned-author spoke to CNN on Saturday about the latest reports of Kremlin skulduggery to elect Donald Trump. While there is no evidence that hackers fiddled with electronic voting systems or ballot-counting machines, the CIA has concluded with ‘high confidence’ that Russian-backed hackers were actively out to sink Hillary Clinton, according to unnamed officials speaking to the Washington Post and the NewYork Times.

If true, the reports add motive to mischief already known. In October the Department of Homeland Security said all 17 US intelligence agencies (yes, 17) are ‘confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions,’ and that ‘the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there.’

This is alarming stuff, unless you’re Donald Trump. ‘I think it’s ridiculous,’ the president-elect told Fox News Sunday when asked about the reports.