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Trump Talks to Putin, But Not About the Bounties

In a July 23 call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump discussed the pandemic and arms control but did not raise the intelligence reports that Russia may have offered Taliban-linked militants cash to kill American troops. That omission was already a political land mine, because the White House had been pressed for weeks to explain why the president seemed to be treating the allegations like an inconvenience instead of a national security alarm.

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First recorded Jul 23, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jul 23, 2020

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Trump Talks to Putin, But Not About the Bounties

In a July 23 call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump discussed the pandemic and arms control but did not raise the intelligence reports that Russia may have offered Taliban-linked militants cash to kill American troops. That omission was already a political land mine, because the White House had been pressed for weeks to explain why the president seemed to be treating the allegations like an inconvenience instead of …

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