For decades, Republican doctrine has viewed Russia as a power to mistrust. But in Donald Trump's GOP, Moscow's sins seem to matter less. The platform written at the GOP convention in Cleveland this week eliminated references to arming Ukraine in its fight with Russia, which seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has supported separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Los Angeles Times: In a shift, Republican platform doesn’t call for arming Ukraine against Russia, spurring outrage
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) gestures near his son Donald Trump Jr., on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.
