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Nothing surprising here; follows a pattern. Trump deeply admires Putin. So of course, Trump believes Putin's disinformation. "Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign" washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
In Helsinki, Trump stood next to Putin & sided with the Russian autocrat and against his own intelligence community in denying Russian election interference in 2016. "Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit" bbc.com/news/world-eur…
In Helsinki, Trump also bought Putin's crazy conspiracy theory about Americans -- including me ! -- breaking Russian laws. "Outrage erupts over Trump-Putin ‘conversation’ about letting Russia interrogate ex-U.S. diplomat Michael McFaul" washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
And remember how Trump told us how Montenegro was going going to start World War III? The source for that crazy theory had to be Putin. "'Very aggressive': Trump suggests Montenegro could cause world war three" theguardian.com/us-news/2018/j…
Or remember this crazy story?! Who do you think was Trump's source? "Trump’s bizarre history lesson on the Soviet Union, Russia and Afghanistan" washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
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A Ukrainian MP exposing corruption IN HIS OWN COUNTRY is not meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential election. This argument is absurd.
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