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The best defense of Trump Tower Moscow

By Philip Wegmann

Published November 30, 2018 3:31pm ET

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The best defense of Trump Tower Moscow — FILE- In this file photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. The Kremlin said Wednesday Nov. 28, 2018, it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned despite a suggestion from Trump that it could be canceled. | (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Donald Trump hedges bets.

“There was a good chance that I wouldn’t have won,” Trump said Thursday when asked about the intersection of his presidential campaign and real estate empire, “in which case I would have gotten back into the business, and why should I lose lots of opportunities?”

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