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'''Paul Manafort''' is a longtime [[Republican]] consultant. In mid-2016 Manafort served for a time as the campaign chairman for presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]].

'''Paul Manafort''' is a longtime [[Republican]] consultant. In mid-2016 Manafort served for a time as the campaign chairman for presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]].

During the Republican National Convention in 2016 Anne Applebaum of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' writes a “Trump presidency could destabilize Europe.” The issue, she explained, was Trump’s positive attitude toward [[Putin]]. “The extent of the Trump-Russia business connection has already been laid out, by Franklin Foer at ''Slate'',” wrote Applebaum. She named [[Carter Page]] and his “long-standing connections to Russian companies.” Applebaum repeats the kenard that the “Trump’s campaign team helped alter the Republican party platform to remove support for [[Ukraine]]” from the Republican National Committee’s platform. Maybe, she hints, that was because of Trump aide Manafort’s ties to Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich. The Manafort-Yanukovich relationship is an important part of the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. So is the claim that in exchange for Russia releasing the DNC emails, “the TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue.” For Applebaum, it was hard to understand why Trump would express skepticism about the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]], except to appease Putin. She referred to a recent interview in which Trump “cast doubt on the fundamental basis of transatlantic stability, NATO’s Article 5 guarantee: If Russia invades, he said, he’d have to think first before defending U.S. allies.”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-a-trump-presidency-could-destabilize-europe/2016/07/21/9ec38a20-4f75-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html?sw_bypass=true</ref> The talking points come directly from [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition research, [[FusionGPS]] and the ''Steele dossier''.

During the Republican National Convention in 2016 Anne Applebaum of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' writes a “Trump presidency could destabilize Europe.” The issue, she explained, was Trump’s positive attitude toward [[Putin]]. “The extent of the Trump-Russia business connection has already been laid out, by Franklin Foer at ''Slate'',” wrote Applebaum. She named [[Carter Page]] and his “long-standing connections to Russian companies.” Applebaum repeats the kenard that the “Trump’s campaign team helped alter the Republican party platform to remove support for [[Ukraine]]” from the Republican National Committee’s platform. Maybe, she hints, that was because of Trump aide Manafort’s ties to Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich. The Manafort-Yanukovich relationship is an important part of the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. So is the claim that in exchange for Russia releasing the DNC emails, “the TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue.” For Applebaum, it was hard to understand why Trump would express skepticism about the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]], except to appease Putin. She referred to a recent interview in which Trump “cast doubt on the fundamental basis of transatlantic stability, NATO’s Article 5 guarantee: If Russia invades, he said, he’d have to think first before defending U.S. allies.”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-a-trump-presidency-could-destabilize-europe/2016/07/21/9ec38a20-4f75-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html?sw_bypass=true</ref> The talking points come directly from [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition research, [[FusionGPS]] and the ''Steele dossier''.