Trump Dismisses Russian Support for Taliban, Citing U.S. Tactics during Cold War
President Trump said Tuesday that he has never discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the intelligence indicating that Russia paid Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops despite several phone calls between the two heads of state since the intelligence was made known. Asked why he did not confront Putin over the alarming revelation, Trump responded, “That was a phone call to discuss other things, and frankly that’s an issue that many people said was fake news.” Trump also cited previous U.S. tactics during the Cold War, when the U.S. ...
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