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James Clapper: “No, he's not, and by the way, put me in the stupid camp. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here when he said that…”

On the recordApril 2, 2018
No, he's not, and by the way, put me in the stupid camp. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here when he said that, you know, nobody has been tougher on the Russians than he has.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Clapper disagrees with Trump's claim of being the toughest on Russia, indicating that historically others have been tougher.

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