Tillis: 'Putin is playing President Trump like a fiddle'
Topics: Russia & Ukraine
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- The Hill reports: “Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing President Trump “like a fiddle” by shifting U.S. support away from Ukraine and warned that “history” won’t judge Trump wel…”
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