Back in July, 2016, NBC News confirmed that the three-star general was being vetted by the Trump campaign. In spite of Trump's doubts about Mike Pence, Manafort is the guy who picked and pushed for Pence (probably in part to ensure the Evangelical vote) but also likely because as a Cummins Executive, Ed Pence had (has) ties to Russia https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/who-potential-trump-vp-pick-michael-flynn-n606781
We dodged a bullet when trump chose Pence over Flynn and that really sucks because Pence is merely a different kind of awful.
Back in July, 2016, NBC News confirmed that the three-star general was being vetted by the Trump campaign. In spite of Trump's doubts about Mike Pence, Manafort is the guy who picked and pushed for Pence (probably in part to ensure the Evangelical vote) but also likely because as a Cummins Executive, Ed Pence had (has) ties to Russia https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/who-potential-trump-vp-pick-michael-flynn-n606781
People say Putin has no bottom, have you met Misha?