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applegrove

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3. Monday.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:47 PM

Jul 15

Repeatedly this week, Trump has suggested he never really trusted Putin.

“He’s fooled a lot of people,” Trump said Monday at the White House, adding: “He fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden. He didn’t fool me.”

The president echoed the point in a new interview with the BBC. Asked whether he trusted Putin, he reportedly paused for a bit.

“I trust almost nobody, to be honest with you,” he eventually responded.

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Wait? He said that today? Baitball Blogger Jul 15 #1

Monday. applegrove Jul 15 #3

How unselfaware can one twit, who is also arguably the most powerful singular person on the planet, be? ... marble falls Jul 15 #2

😲😳 mwmisses4289 Jul 15 #4

No foolin'? Kid Berwyn Jul 15 #5

Telling off Putin Norrrm Jul 15 #6