Russia’s purported hacking of U.S. government systems and President Trump’s unwillingness to prod Moscow for the breach have sparked one final downpour of indignation about, and flimsy analysis on, Trump’s Russia policy.

If you didn’t know any better, you would think Trump was the first-ever Russian intelligence asset to rise to the presidency. Jim Sciutto, CNN’s chief national security correspondent, tweeted recently that “the most consistent feature of Trump’s foreign policy is deference to Putin and Russia.”