Although presented as another major scoop designed to damage Trump, the article, which is based on intelligence sources, completely vindicates him.
In other words, Trump wanted peace with the world’s other nuclear superpower while forging ahead with a joint plan to destroy ISIS.
How terrible of him
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-russia-contacts-exclusive-idUKKCN18E10A
“Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.”
However, the true substance of the story is buried down in paragraph six.
“The people who described the contacts to Reuters said they had seen no evidence of wrongdoing or collusion between the campaign and Russia in the communications reviewed so far,” states the report.
No collusion between Trump and Russia. Let that sink in.
The article also highlights how the back channel communications were made with Russia in an attempt to “bypass the U.S. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations.”
In other words, Trump wanted peace with the world’s other nuclear superpower while forging ahead with a joint plan to destroy ISIS.
How terrible of him
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-russia-contacts-exclusive-idUKKCN18E10A