Trump Defends Plans to Ease Russia Sanctions and Hints at a Hostage Deal
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- NYT reports: “President Trump wrote on social media on Sunday: “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia aw…”
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