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Jim Himes: “If President Putin can get our President thinking in those terms, it can drive a wedge, and ultimately allow Putin to…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2019
If President Putin can get our President thinking in those terms, it can drive a wedge, and ultimately allow Putin to succeed, in his desire to, you know, ultimately control half of that country, retain Crimea, and - and do whatever he wants in this - in - in - in Ukraine.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes discusses how Putin's influence could affect Trump's perception of Ukraine.

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