Speaking to Reuters on Wednesday, President Trump indicated he has woken up to Russian game playing on North Korea.

Lamenting the fact that North Korea’s ability to strike the U.S. homeland with a nuclear warhead is “getting closer every day,” Trump added that “Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea.” And while the president also claimed that China is helping the U.S. on North Korea (which is incorrect), his recognition of Russian obstruction is welcome.

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