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Trump says he trusts Putin, claims Russia ‘easier’ to deal with than Ukraine
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US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci, File)
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says that he finds it “easier” to deal with Russia than with Ukraine in efforts to end the war in the pro-Western country and that he trusts Vladimir Putin.
“I believe him,” he says. “I’m finding it more difficult frankly to deal with Ukraine and they don’t have the cards,” he adds. “It may be easier dealing with Russia.”
Trump also shrugs off the notion that Putin is taking advantage of the intelligence pause to inflict more pain on Ukraine.
“I think he’s doing what anybody else would,” Trump says of the Russian leader.
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