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Because enough ink hasn't been spilled about Russia potentially colluding with the 2016 Trump campaign, Vladimir Putin gave the story a weird twist with some comments about his current relationship with Trump. 。

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Putin spoke to apparent tensions between him and Trump by saying that Trump “is not my bride. I am not his bride, nor his groom. We are running our governments."。

Okay, then. 。

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It is hard to conduct a dialogue with people who confuse Austria with Australia 。

Putin also dropped this nugget: “It is hard to conduct a dialogue with people who confuse Austria with Australia, but there is nothing we can do about this. It seems to be the level of political culture in a certain part of the U.S. establishment." 。

Putin also directly commented on the recent diplomatic back-and-forth, calling it "boorish."。


To think everyone was all smiles and handshakes earlier this summer.。
To think everyone was all smiles and handshakes earlier this summer.。

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