I suppose I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because of his other journalism I've read, and the way I've seen him cover things in the past. It's always possible I'm being too generous/credulous, but I read it simply as him presenting this other person's ideas and interpretation of events, and saying "I don't don't know if it's true, but it's an interesting angle that I did not think to consider"
Well, Grim.sounds a bit credulous to me about Trump's foreign policy aims.
I suppose I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because of his other journalism I've read, and the way I've seen him cover things in the past. It's always possible I'm being too generous/credulous, but I read it simply as him presenting this other person's ideas and interpretation of events, and saying "I don't don't know if it's true, but it's an interesting angle that I did not think to consider"