This editorial is prescient. It states facts and an opinion. And the premise is sound. If I'm Trump and say I'm planning to run in 2020 I'd want to know if Russia had the capability to influence an election. Trump gets defensive the way Rob Ford used get defensive. Rob didn't like confrontation because well, he did have a crack habit , had bad people around him, did things a sitting mayor shouldn't do and really hardly performed many mayoral duties. But he was a man of the people and his people loved him. 
Same goes for Trump. His people and syncophants love him despite the flaws. Trump wants to change the paradigm , disrupt Washington , do whatever the hell he pleases regardless of tradition including the constitution. Make enemies in China and friends in Russia. Hallelujah. Until it's not. Trump has to grow up and realize he'll become the most powerful leader on earth with the largest economy and the largest, best equipped Army. Time to face reality.