Smartly written, but I doubt Trump will ever admit he was fooled by a disinformation campaign. There are so many of these kinds of inflection points that would be watershed moments in any other administration. Trump seems immune to them. Unless Trump is already looking for an exit ramp, he’ll ignore this and the majority of his base will support his decision. There have been cracks in that base, which I hope he has noticed and will give him reason to reconsider a prolonged campaign.