US leader Donald Trump has said he hoped to befriend Russia's Vladimir Putin at a showcase summit in Helsinki on Monday (16 July).
"He's been very nice to me … We get along very well," Trump said of the Russian president while in Brussels on Thursday.
"Hopefully, someday, maybe he'll be a friend," Trump added.
"Maybe we [the US] will get along with the group [Russia] that we're protecting [Europe] against. I think that's a real possibility," he said.
He downplayed t...
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