Trump sides with Putin AGAIN
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Trump sides with Putin AGAIN

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202645 min
  • Politics

Four years of war, an estimated 450,000 deaths – and yet Donald Trump says Russia’s actions in Ukraine have been “fine”. The US president continues to unravel, on camera, as his personal ratings plummet to new lows (just 31% at the latest count) and the Republican Party readies itself for a disastrous midterm election result in November. Once again, Zelensky is on the receiving end of Trump's mood. So why has Trump turned his back so dramatically on Zelensky? And what's he bargaining for with his love in for Putin? And could it all just be jealously? The...

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Have you agreed to a trilateral meeting with presidents?

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This is a global production. Have you agreed to a trilateral meeting with presidents? Can she talk about Ukraine? No, but I would do it.

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Not so much for Ukraine, because Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much. And the same thing with China.

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Yeah, Russia has been just fine, hasn't been doing that much. Apart from the Shaheed drones, the ballistic missiles, the attacks on civilian infrastructure, the attack on civilians, the hundreds of thousands without power, the millions left traumatised. No,

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