He keeps pushing a Moscow-friendly policy that almost nobody supports On June 18, 2013, when he was already well-known in political circles for his birther attacks on then-President Barack Obama, Donald Trump made an exciting announcement.
“The Miss Universe Pageant will be broadcast live from MOSCOW, RUSSIA on November 9th,” he tweeted. “A big deal that will bring our countries together!”
Doing business with Russia was in no way illegal at the time (this was before the invasion of Ukraine that triggered the current level of Western sanctions) and wasn’t even particularly unusual. The stated aspiration that a tacky pageant would …read more
Source: Vox
