us as we take a moment to rest and reflect a bit. we here at deadline white house are thinking about the families in ukraine, and what this holiday season must feel like for them. christmas eve marked ten months since the start of a russian war that has not let up even though it s now in the thick of winter. when russia unleashed the air strike on december 24th, it was the largest attack on that state since world war ii and then putin s forces two weeks later laid siege to maripol. devastating, and yet the twice impeached disgraced ex-president continues to claim with no evidence whatsoever, if he were the president ukraine would be just fine. on the day russia invaded ukraine, russia released this gem. if i was in office this deadly situation in ukraine had never have happened. to think if only trump were our president there would be peace in ukraine it s laughable thanks to an exhaustive and riveting new piece in the new york times, we have reason to believe trump was s
piece. in 2016, a shadowy figure who u.s. intelligence believes is a russian spy approached paul manafort with a you scratch my back i ll scratch yours proposal vladimir putin s invading russian army pushed into ukraine. and it called for the creation of an autonomous republic in ukraine s east the scheme cut against decades of american policy promoting a free and united ukraine, but trump is already suggesting he would upend the diplomatic status quo if elected. and what the plan offered on paper is what putin is trying to