Heather Cox Richardson's account this morning of how Trump and the party he owns, the Republicans, ended up in the lap of the murderous Putin is a must-read.
"In exchange for weakening NATO, undermining the U.S. stance in favor of Ukraine in its attempt to throw off the Russians who had invaded in 2014, and removing U.S. sanctions from Russian entities, Russian operatives were willing to help Trump win the White House."
