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Donald Trump: “Vladimir Putin wanted to take all of Ukraine. If I wasn't…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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FULL VIDEO: Trump Holds Gaggle With Reporters On AF1 Flight To Alaska For Summit With Russia's Putin

Published | Video Starts at 03:40

But I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I'm here to get him at a table. And I think you have two sides. Look, Vladimir Putin wanted to take all of Ukraine. If I wasn't president, he would right now be taking all of Ukraine. But he's not going to do it. Mr. President, what did you do? Just one thing. What about the possibility. (03:40–03:48)

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Asserts that Putin intended to take all of Ukraine and would have succeeded if Trump were not president.

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