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On the recordApril 17, 2018
There has been nobody tougher on Russia than President Donald Trump. Between building up the military, between creating tremendous vast amounts of oil. We raised billions and billions of dollar extra in NATO. There has been nobody tougher than me. With the media, no matter what I did, it's never tough enough, because that's their narrative. But Russia will tell you nobody tougher than Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump claims he has been the toughest president on Russia, citing military buildup and financial contributions to NATO.

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