National Security

Ex-Adviser Says Putin Played on Trump’s Ego and Insecurities

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“On Putin and Russia, I had been swimming upstream with the president from the beginning,” H.R. McMaster wrote of his relationship with the former president.

Owen Lavine
Owen Lavine 

Breaking News Intern

Former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters
Owen Lavine

Owen Lavine

Breaking News Intern

owen.lavine@thedailybeast.com

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