A decisive Trump victory (rather than a contested election) was strategically beneficial for the United States because 'Russia in particular wanted' large numbers of Americans 'to doubt the legitimacy of the result'—and a decisive outcome prevented that.
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H.R. McMasterEvidence Quote
“the best thing that could have happened was this kind of a decisive Victory because really what Russia in particular wanted is large numbers of Americans to doubt the legitimacy of the result and they're not going to get that”
Source
The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:46:20 AM
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