The Fake News has been saying for 3 days that I suffered a ‘major defeat’ by allowing President Vladimir Putin of Russia to have a major Summit in the United States. Actually, he would have loved doing the meeting anywhere else but the U.S., and the Fake News knows this.

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Claimed about Vladimir Putin, who is subject to an arrest warrant that in most of the developed, democratic countries would have made him be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court in Hague for prosecution for war crimes. Quoted in "Trump criticizes ‘fake news,’ Democrat, Zelensky in series of posts" The Hill (August 17, 2025)

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