Pat Robertson Gives Trump a Pass on Russia

Pat Robertson has been a Cold War Don Quixote for years. He’s been tilting at Russian windmills from atop his nightly perch at the for the better part of three decades, as I spent years watching his show with my grandmother and great-grandmother. In between reports on zany plots to with balloons, warnings about “,” and a healthy weekly dose of end-times fear-mongering, Robertson has used Russia as a frequent foil, often casting it as an apocalyptic and triggering Biblical prophecies held in the Book of Revelation. In my experience watching, Russia was as likely to be the menace of any given night as were Robertson’s liberal opponents.