Trump's animosity towards trade begins to make sense. Lobbying to relieve sanctions seems to be a great way to make a fortune.
Good grief! The sh*t really stinks. This is the kind of relationship that Manafort appears to have been pioneering in Ukraine.
"Shortly after President Donald Trump was inaugurated last year, top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy offered Russian gas giant Novatek a $26 million lobbying plan aimed at removing the company from a U.S. sanctions list, according to documents obtained by The Intercept."
http://theintercept.com/2018/04/20/elliott-broidy-trump-russia-sanctions/