Donald Trump has a problem remembering the man he listed as a foreign policy adviser.
Donald Trump, a man who once boasted having “the world's greatest memory,” has suddenly forgotten the role that was to be played by a controversial businessman he named to help guide his foreign policy. ...
Back in March, in a recorded meeting with The Washington Post editorial board, Trump named Page as one of five members of his foreign policy team. …
In July he was spotted at a Moscow law school giving a speech, and Yahoo News reported Friday that during the same trip, Page may have also held private meetings with senior Russian officials.
That speech that Page gave was one praising Putin while criticizing U.S. foreign policy, and the meetings with Russian officials apparently included offering up slices of Ukraine.
This is just the latest in a string of connections that include Trump’s call for Russia to interfere with the U.S. election, Trump’s frequent praise of Vladimir Putin, Trump’s business connections to Russian oligarchs, Trump’s altering the Republican platform to a position more favorable to Russia … and all that’s aside from Trump’s hiring of a campaign director who was previously directly employed to do Moscow’s bidding.
You’d think it would be something of a media firestorm. But it’s barely a flicker.
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On Friday, investigative reporter Michael Isikoff dropped a bombshell story: U.S. officials are investigating secret meetings between a Trump campaign advisor and Russian officials suspected of trying to influence the presidential election. …
Representatives from the Trump campaign — Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn — appeared on all five major Sunday shows
Everyone—everyone—got asked about Gennifer Flowers. Only one got asked about Carter Page.
Conway denied that Page was part of the campaign.
And that was the end of it.
Former Gen. Michael Flynn, who has also made multiple visits to Russia and lavished praised on Russia’s state-owned media, didn’t get a single question about Isikoff’s report during his Meet The Press appearance. The rest of Trump’s Sunday morning crew also got a pass.
Another question that appears to be off the table: Trump’s taxes. How much money is actually flowing back and forth between Donald Trump and Russian sources? We don’t know. We can’t know. Because Trump not only refuses to show his taxes (as every other presidential candidate has done for decades), he also won't detail his millions in overseas connections.