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Robinson: Why is Trump a Putin fanboy? Let’s hope we learn soon
By Eugene Robinson
Published: July 20, 2018, 6:01am
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President Trump is succeeding wildly in one clear, if unannounced, objective: to Make Russia Great Again.
Trump’s summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin went a long way toward achieving Putin’s most cherished goal, which is to return his vast nation to the exalted geopolitical status it long enjoyed as part of the Soviet Union.
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