Former Trump campaign manager resigned from the group and has moved to Moscow, Russia. Manafort already had ties to pro-Russian forces in Ukraine. Putin invited him to join his administration as a consultant to which Manafort said, “Screw this, I’m out of here.”
“We are proud to have Manafort in our team,” Putin said through a translator. “He feels the Russian people’s plight and knows our true power. He has some great ideas to expand our land and kill terrorist.”
The New York Times reported Manafort will earn $1.2 million a year for 23 years or until his “untimely death.” Those in Putin’s circle tend to end up dead if they oppose him in any way. “It’s not North Korea crazy,” said a Russian reporter. “But it’s still very, very bad. Friends, enemies, sometimes they are the same and are poisoned by polonium. But what are you going to do?”