He reacted like a jilted lover desperate to be taken back — even after he got his former partner Paul Manafort hired as Trump’s campaign chairman. But the Trump campaign was struggling so badly, it was willing to hear out Stone on the off chance he had the goods. Now the question is whether Trump will reward Stone’s decades of fierce loyalty with a presidential pardon. It also intimated to us that Stone knew Trump did not prize his friendship the way he did. Roger Stone, a man who believes morality is a weakness, was ultimately brought down by friendship and loyalty.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2019 19:50 UTC