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Trump Just Fell for ‘a Classic KGB Trick’

‘INTERESTING IDEA’

Putin, former KGB case officer that he is, certainly knew that details would bore Trump, who imagined he was engaging in big-time statecraft even as he sounded petty and defensive.

Anna Nemtsova
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Anna Nemtsova

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Christopher Dickey

Christopher Dickey

World News Editor

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