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Why Trump should mend ties with its old foe Russia

US President Donald Trump

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump's verbal affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin so puzzled the Washington establishment that some speculated Putin had either "recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation" or that Trump was simply a "useful fool" for the Russians.

But 100 days into Trump's presidency, this seems anything but true. After the United States retaliated for the Assad regime's chemical weapons attack, Washington and Moscow are engaged in a harsh war of words.

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