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In reply to the discussion: WOW Cover of NYT: Putin Led Scheme To Aid Trump. [View all]colorado_ufo
(6,250 posts)in this article, right at the start: "installing Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office." (My emphasis.)
This is coded language, the seriousness of which needs to be appreciated. It is not just saying "influence the election," or "favor" Trump, or anything else that leaves room for doubt. The word "installing" infers that the intent was to get him into the office, one way or another, and that they (Putin et al) would escalate their campaign and any influence that they had on their contacts to achieve this, whether by disinformation, hacking, or any other way - including directly affecting the voting process in some manner or another. They had a LOT invested in this enterprise, and they were not about to lose. In that world, bad things happen to those who don't produce the expected results.
Were this some local paper, I would not read too much into the statement, perhaps it being careless wording. But the NYT is at the top of its profession, the epitome of journalism. This means something. To me, it means that they quite possibly know even more than they are reporting.