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Considering George Papadopoulos met with Trump about colluding with Russia on 3/31/16, let's look at Trump's behavior afterward 1/
In his first speech after, Trump gets into NATO, the organization built to combat Russia, and calls it "obsolete"
Days later, Trump gets back to NATO, says about going after members "...if it breaks up NATO it breaks up NATO" 3/
In an interview with @FaceTheNation, he says, "We cannot continue to do this" about NATO and that advisers are "impressed" with his views 4/
Referencing his obsolete opinion after meeting, he says, "Big statement to make when you don’t know that much about it, but I learn quickly”
From the time Manafort and Papadopoulos entered Trump's orbit, until Manafort resigned in August, every speech gets into NATO 6/
This includes the Republican National Convention, where Trump teased leaving NATO and Manafort directed RNC to lessen language on Ukraine 7/
This was a MAJOR shift in focus and policy in the Trump campaign, and it all sinks up to Manafort and Papadopoulos' timeline. 8/
And you know what else does? Wikileaks release of hacked DNC emails after the RNC language is changed and NATO is undermined. 9/
For all of this to be a coincidence (and it's not) you'd have to think there was a MAJOR change in foreign policy, which no one says 10/
But let's add to that "coincidence." Let's ask: how did Paul Manafort, who was out of politics, get the post in Trump's campaign? 11/
And, let's go bigger: how did Mike Flynn, who was bought and sold by Russia, get Trump's ear AND get considered for the VP slot? 12/
You'd also have to believe that Manafort's unethical ways, as Trump offered today, stopped before 2016. 13/
Manafort was being paid millions to lobby on behalf of Russia through Ukrainian sources. He just...stopped when he got this gig? 14/
Manafort, who laundered money for many, many years, suddenly grew a conscience when he took the Trump job? 15/
Are we to believe Manafort didn't have Russians in his ear after all those years, or that he listened when he got this job? 16/
All evidence points to the former, not to mention the trajectory of the Trump campaign, which had aides whispering there was collusion 17/
Something happened in the Trump campaign in March of 2016. The question isn't whether there was collusion, it's whether Trump knew. 18/
But here's something that got to me today. It's been sticking in my craw all day and I finally realized what it was: Trump had to know. 19/
We're all thinking about Trump post-Bannon, which is where he read anything that came across the teleprompter. 20/
Trump's speeches before Bannon? They were rambling messes where Trump struggled to get talking points into his speech. 21/
And remember, Manafort couldn't control Trump. Remember all the articles? Manafort couldn't keep Trump on topic or under control... 22/
Bannon was the Trump whisperer who put him on a leash. Trump, under Manafort, said what he wanted when he wanted. 23/
These rants on NATO? These rants praising Puting? These were Trump's invention. He was fulfilling HIS END of the bargain. 24/
Trump took every single interview and pivoted questions into NATO and in praise of Putin. He actively sought to assure Russians. 25/
He was establishing confidence that he'd fulfill the end of the bargain where Russia released documents and flushed the market with cash 26/
It was all right there. Right in the open. He couldn't have made it any clearer what was happening behind the scenes. 27/
If you doubt ANY OF THIS, go and find a speech from 3/31/16 through Manafort's firing in August. It's all right there. 28/28
