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    Trump Embraces One Of Russia's Favorite Propaganda Tactics — Whataboutism

    What's the easiest way to swing back at critics? For Trump (as well as Putin), it's to cry "hypocrite."
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Mar 17, 2017 4 minutes
    An employee at a Moscow gift shop polishes traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depicting Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    President Trump has developed a consistent tactic when he's criticized: say that someone else is worse.

    This week, when the Congressional Budget Office estimated that Republicans' health care plan would leave 24 million additional people uninsured in 2026, Trump's first move wasn't a direct response. Instead, he took to Twitter to blast the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as Obamacare), criticizing how much was spent on promoting it and asking people to tweet their own criticisms.

    Prior to that, when the floodlights were on communications between then-Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions and the Russian ambassador, Trump's tweets were all about Democrats' contact with the Russians:

    Famously, he even did a reverse version of this — defendingin February.

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