Trump Pushed For GOP To Change Ukraine Position, Now Claims He Didn’t
Trump Pushed For GOP To Change Ukraine Position, Now Claims He Didnt
by S. V. Date at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-ukraine-putin_us_579e5a56e4b0693164c19e09?section=
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WASHINGTON ― Both Donald Trump and his campaign chairman said Sunday they had nothing to do with altering the Republican Partys position on Ukraine ― which must have been news to GOP leaders who confirmed last week that Trumps campaign insisted on exactly that change.
The modified party platform drops its call to provide arms to Ukraine in response to Russias occupation of that countrys Crimea province in 2014. It represents a victory for Russian president Vladimir Putin, who soon after annexed the region.
Two Republican National Committee officials acknowledged privately last week that Trumps campaign pushed for the change, which was made in platform committee meetings in the days prior to the start of the Republican convention in Cleveland two weeks ago.
Nevertheless, the celebrity businessman told ABC News on Sunday that he didnt even know about the change until afterward.
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