Didn’t Ronnie Raygun used to call the Soviet Union the “Evil Empire”? This is why…
Lavrov is using the opportunity to show he’s still tRump’s biggest Russian troll.
He knows this is a big deal. His defense that this is a “nothingburger” (repeated ad nauseam by political rightwing diversion artists) only makes this situation all the more difficult for Jackass Junior and all those involved.
So add Lavrov to the list of rightwing hacks that seem to claim the same…