With Kamala Harris flailing, the left is resorting to Russia Hoax 2.0

“Russia, Russia, Russia” is suddenly in re-runs as Democrats and allied media blast out “new” stories of supposedly sinister ties between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.Is there any better evidence of their desperation as Election Day nears?The latest claims: As president, Trump cozied up to Putin, even sending the Russian leader COVID testing equipment during the pandemic.Worse, they gripe, the ex-prez continued to speak with Vlad after leaving office.Many of the yarns come from an upcoming book by Bob Woodward.“Trump secretly gave Putin Covid test machines,” gasps The Guardian, crediting Woodward.Axios even parroted Dem charges that Trump’s Putin calls “could be illegal.”(Quick — there’s still time to indict him yet again before the election!)Meanwhile, The New York Times spun one of its typical thin-reed, anti-Trump tales (on its front page, natch!) speculating that the ex-prez favors Russia over Ukraine because he believes Kyiv helped Hillary Clinton in 2016 and because he bought Putin’s “shtick” about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Same-old, same-old: For years, the left bloviated about Trump-Russia “collusion” — though endless probes failed to find anything beyond Trump’s habit of over-the-top flattery of people he hopes to influence.The new charges are equally meritless.Even the Times admits Trump in office took a “relatively hawkish stance on Russia.”As for violations of the Logan Act, that 1799 law banning private citizens from conducting foreign policy that’s never been used to convict anyone: Countless Democrats (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, John Kerry) have discussed policy matters with foreign governments after leaving office — often in direct contradiction to the sitting president.Dumbest of all: the whining that Trump gave Putin COVID testing equipment in 2020.

Even if true, what could the Russian strongman do with it? Remember, there was no treatment or vaccine for the virus at the time; and lot...