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Donald Trump: “Putin never would have gone. I talked to him. It was the…”

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Published | Video Starts at 1:04:05

Many of them are just gone. It would have been so great. It would have been so great. Number one, it wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't have had to make a deal. Putin never would have gone. I talked to him. It was the apple of his eye. I talked to him a lot about Ukraine. I mean, it was the apple of his eye. You know, he said, this used to be a part of the Soviet Union. (1:04:05–1:04:09)

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Asserts that Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump were in office.

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