As always, historians will eventually have the final say.  They surely will note the irony of how Trump’s gaining access to the White House and all its toys depended heavily on attacks against his election opponent who, in the course of conducting business as secretary of state, handled some electronic communications in what was not the most secure manner, even though no evidence has come to light that any of the information involved ever was exposed to foreign or hostile eyes.  Trump has eliminated the hacker middleman and taken a more direct approach: giving the goods directly to the Russian foreign minister.

A shorter version of this article was published earlier at Politico.