Trump sends shot across Putin’s bow just before summit
07 July 2017 |
5:29 am
President Donald Trump used a speech in Poland to call out Russia's 'destabilizing' behavior in Europe just before the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, where he will meet Vladimir Putin.
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