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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Trump’s blindness to Iran and Russia’s military collaboration is staggering

Donald Trump keeps America’s friends close but has also kept its Russian enemies in an embarrassing embrace.

However, his passion for Vladimir Putin is being tested as his envoys clamber into bed with Iran’s envoys, welcoming Tehran’s foreign minister in St Petersburg on Monday. Like the victim of a coercive relationship, Trump has seemingly gone out of his way to forgive the infidelity of Russia’s president.

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