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Tommy Carcetti

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Sun Feb 27, 2022, 10:15 AM Feb 2022

Nearly entirely forgotten: Trump's phone call with Putin just days after his call to Zelensky [View all]

It was on July 31, 2019. Supposedly it was about “wildfires” in Siberia, but they didn’t say anything more than that.


Trump’s “perfect call” to President Zelensky was on July 25, 2019.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/white-house-acknowledges-trump-putin-phone-call-says-it-was-about-wildfires.amp

Edit to add: The Kremlin’s take:


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Trump is a traitor. yardwork Feb 2022 #1
And that's bein kind. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2022 #9
Yes, I'm sure trump was concerned about 'wildfires'. spanone Feb 2022 #2
Probably shared everything Zelensky had told him ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2022 #3
I'm sure he suggested that Putin sweep the forests. QED Feb 2022 #4
Occam's razor NCDem47 Feb 2022 #5
Zero. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2022 #10
A call to pull the strings multigraincracker Feb 2022 #6
Good reminder. tanyev Feb 2022 #7
+1,000,000 Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #12
Rump didn't GAF if the entire western US burned in wildfires EYESORE 9001 Feb 2022 #8
The Kremlin's take: Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #11
Am I missing something? This doesn't seem important. Unless Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #13
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