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At G7, Trump Renews Embrace of Putin Amid Rift With Allies

President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.

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“Putin speaks to me; he doesn’t speak to anybody else,” President Trump said, “because he was very insulted when he got thrown out at the G8, as I would be, as you would be, as anybody would be.”
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