🚨PUTIN ‘FRIEND’ HAD OUTLINE OF TRUMP’S INFAMOUS PRO-RUSSIA SPEECH. So Trump’s consistent pro-Kremlin foreign policy agenda was literally coordinated with and written by Kremlin proxies?? That’s not just amoral… thedailybeast.com/putins-friend-… via @woodruffbets @thedailybeast
Significant changes were made to the speech’s detailed outline after Putin pal Dimitri Simes saw it—including removing lines disparaging Russia, condemning bigotry, praising legal immigration. Last 2 are notable as they were the precise themes exploited in Kremlin troll operation 
Trump’s speech included one more ‘US Weakness’ bullet point—after apparent input by pro-Russia think tank: “Our allies are not paying their fair share.” Simes making that line more prominent is consistent w/ top Kremlin goal of creating wedge issues to divide NATO and weaken US.
Republicans were not only fine with a Putin 'friend' having a hand in crafting Trump's radically pro-Russia foreign policy speech. House GOP Intelligence Cmte chair Devin Nunes blocked Democrats' efforts to investigate Dmitri Simes’ relationship to Trump’s campaign.🤯
We heard Kremlin talking points from Trump's mouth. Now there's a direct link: A Kremlin 'think tank' was crafting Trump's policy speeches on "American Weaknesses." Kremlin lobbyist Richard Burt, Putin pal Simes, Russian agent Butina. Who else? And WHY, when Russia was bad actor?
Yup, Maria Butina wrote for the magazine published by Putin 'friend' Dimitri Simes' pro-Kremlin think tank in DC, which evidently played a role in crafting Trump's very pro-Russia talking points. Butina also emailed with Simes…before she was arrested as an accused Kremlin agent.
Trump and propagandists have been covering up and obfuscating such coordination (collusion) with Russia. And the worst part: Putin's Kremlin works AGAINST America's interests, undermining to weaken democracies from within. So Americans who participate are doing the same.
