If it turns out that Rump had no knowledge of this, then he need only concern himself with getting to the bottom of this, and acting accordingly...
If it turns out that Rump knew about it, and took no action (public denouncement, sanctions, etc.), then he has definitely lost the Veteran Vote...
And there are one helluva lot of us to deal with...
A Commander-in-Chief who betrays the Armed Forces of the Republic would be voted out of office by a huge majority of loyal Americans - with Veterans leading the way.
If that's what happened...
What action should Trump have taken?
Last time I checked Trump talked about pulling us out of Afghanistan and that's when warmongering assholes started calling him a threat to the constitution.
Trump proposes pulling our troops out and Democrats and their neocon friends start squealing like stuck pigs.
How many US soldiers have been killed this yr in Afghanistan....I heard 2. Trump loves the money litary and this would be very out of character to point it's laughable. Tells me Smokin Joe is losing
It just absolutely reeks of desperation.
The left is all a twitter - they just found out Russia is against the US - should have listened to Mitt.
So everyone important knows that Russia is against the US -
They hear rumors about payments offered.
They investigate
How far up the chain of command it actually goes is irrelevant, it's being addressed, probably covertly and probably with much success.
So much success the left has to publicize it by leaking intelligence information.
So once again the NYT acts against the best interest of actual Americans
This is how they have earned the title - Enemy of the People.