But when Mr. Trump was elected, suddenly America’s divisions hit home. “Folks were pretty happy,” said Wesley Denton, the Heritage spokesman, when Mr. Trump gave them a shout-out during his recent news conference. Having described Mr. Trump as Russia’s “useful fool,” the general, 71, would never be offered a job. But with Mr. Trump openly questioning the “high confidence judgment” by the C.I.A. (Mr. Trump, by contrast, has never held public office.)

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 14:32 UTC