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Monday, July 16, 2018
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Monday, July 16, 2018
Top US Republican to Trump: ‘Russia is not our ally’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePaul Ryan, the top Republican in the US House of Representatives, calls on President Donald Trump on Monday to accept that Russia is not an ally of the United States, and must be held accountable for meddling in the 2016 election.
“The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally,” Ryan says, after Trump refused to criticize President Vladimir Putin in a joint press conference, following their Helsinki summit.
“There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals,” Ryan, the House speaker, says in a statement.
“The United States must be focused on holding Russia accountable and putting an end to its vile attacks on democracy.”
— AFP
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