We made a serious mistake when we elected Donald Trump. He has done great harm to the United States and does more every day he is in office. We must oppose him, and to do this effectively we must look at his actions objectively. When we do this, we can see that he has actually done some good, albeit unwittingly. Here are five reasons we should be grateful to him.
Trump has opened our eyes to election tampering.
With the assistance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump has helped Americans to realize that our electoral system is more vulnerable than we thought. Hostile foreign governments can manipulate the process to help their favored candidate. The fact that Russia was so successful in doing this in 2016 has forced citizens to take the threat more seriously. We are now beginning to deal with these problems. By the time of the 2018 midterms, the US had made progress in dealing with cyber-attacks by foreign powers and will continue to defend against them in the crucial 2020 elections. We have the Putin/Trump team to thank for alerting us to this threat.
