President Obama did not raise Russia’s decision to buzz a U.S. destroyer last week in a Monday phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, and the White House downplayed the incident as one that didn’t require a discussion between the two leaders.
“Those activities are destabilizing and a source of some concern, but they’re not particularly unusual,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.
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