HAHA!! Does NOT seem so far-fetched NOW, does it?! → “[to become president he would have to] assimilate himself or herself so deeply into our culture that they would be viewed as an acceptable leader by a majority of Americans, serve as a senator, governor or other high-ranking official, win a primary against co-partisans eager to discredit their candidacy and then convince the nation to place them in the White House — all without once dropping any hints that they might be working for a foreign power. This kind of plot would have made for a riveting Tom Clancy novel, but it’s hard to imagine a real-world foreign power undertaking such a Rube Goldberg operation.”