Interesting opinion piece.
Excerpt:
Trump first and most boldly proclaimed such views in September 1987, when he took out full-page ads in major newspapers to assail U.S. allies for not covering their fair share of our common defense...
Trump took his first of four trips to Russia less than two months before placing this infamous full-page ad. Traveling to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin, in a private jet accompanied by “two Russian colonels” (his words) ...
Trump sent a letter to Putin in which he effusively congratulated the Russian leader on being named Time Man of the Year. “As you probably have heard, I am a big fan of yours!” he exclaimed...
“We don’t rely on American banks … We have all the funding we need out of Russia,” claiming further that “We go there all the time.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-se … k-to-1987/
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