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There’s a difference between wanting good relations and taking Russia’s side

By Erin Dunne
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There’s a difference between wanting good relations and taking Russia’s side

As Attorney General William Barr and Congress faced off over the handling of special council Robert Mueller’s report, President Trump wasted no time in getting back in touch with one of his favorite sympathetic ears: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Twitter, Trump lauded his “long and very good conversation” with Putin and listed, among other discussion topics the “Russian Hoax” before pronouncing the whole conversation a “very productive talk!”

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