Here is the proof that the Trump campaign had early contacts with Russia Intelligence

[grantcart]

They went to the mat at the convention for a radical and surprising reversal of sanctions against Russia. There was no electoral advantage in making the change. They were sending a signal that they would bring the bacon home after the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-campaign-guts-gops-anti-russia-stance-on-ukraine/2016/07/18/98adb3b0-4cf3-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html?utm_term=.569561150f47

Trump campaign guts GOP’s anti-Russia stance on Ukraine

The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform won’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington.

Throughout the campaign, Trump has been dismissive of calls for supporting the Ukraine government as it fights an ongoing Russian-led intervention. Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, worked as a lobbyist for the Russian-backed former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych for more than a decade.

Still, Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States.

[TheFrenchRazor]

1. nothing to see here folks, move along... nt

[global1]

2. Connecting The Dots....nt

[jmg257]

3. Also 'confirmed' in Buzzfeed Dossier.

[bettyellen]

4. The minute this happened I finally believed what was happening. Yep.

[grantcart]

5. Me too. Remember the Trump campaign couldn't care less about any other part of the platform

Choice? Sure why not

Tax policy, less but no details.

The only thing that they fought for was not supplying Ukraine with defensive arms.

[bettyellen]

6. Yeah. At the end of the day he's pretty obvious.

[fishwax]

7. I remember it was seen as particularly odd since the campaign was pretty hands-off with so much of

the platform. But on this issue, they asserted their authority.

[grantcart]

8. exactly