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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is trying to claw back a string of inaccurate comments about Ukraine, but he’s yet to get it right.
On the weekend, Trump asserted in an ABC interview that Russia would not enter Ukraine, not seeming to know Russian troops were already there. He suggested the 2014 annexation of Crimea didn’t count because the peninsula’s people preferred being part of Russia, which was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stated reason for taking it.
Prodded by his interviewer, the Republican presidential candidate modified his statement afterward.
“Already in Crimea!” Trump tweeted Monday, referring to Russian forces. “That’s what I said!”
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Source: Macleans
