Got any more reading for that?

> Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-kissin...

> Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russi...

> 45 years ago, Kissinger envisioned a ‘pivot’ to Russia. Will Trump make it happen?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/...

> Kissinger calls Putin-Trump meeting a chance to mend ties

https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-usa-kissinger-idINKBN...

> Trump hosts Russians, Kissinger at White House day after Comey firing

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/trump-meets-lavrov-k...

> Kissinger Calls for Negotiated Peace in Ukraine, Kyiv Dismisses Proposal

https://www.voanews.com/a/kissinger-calls-for-negotiated-pea...

That’s an interesting take. Only a year or two ahead of the Ukrainian election Trump was threatening withholding agreed to and paid for arms shipments to Ukraine unless they announce investigations into Biden’s son. His people also blatantly lied claiming meetings with Russians ahead of elections were just about adoption policy whereas really it was about lifting the Magnitsky act which was the reason Russia banned US adoptions.

The contact with Russia prior to inauguration was for lobbying on behalf of Israel.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/michael-flyn...

Nope. Totally different meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/06/us/politics/t...

The Trump team had lots of contact with Russia about all sorts of topics. By the way as far as I know, lobbying the Russians against the interests of the current government is extremely rare and rises to the level of what Reagan did to Carter with the Iran hostage crisis. There’s even laws on the books iirc that this isn’t allowed although no one seems to want to try enforcing it.