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Trump has a very honest view of things, I like such people: Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin said he had a lot in common with the US leader The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin , on Thursday praised the US President Donald Trump and said he was exactly the kind of person he liked most. Putin said he had never met Trump but that he agreed relations between their countries had to improve and he was willing to talk with the US leader. "I have to recognize that I love that kind of person. They are simple, direct, they have a very honest view of things and that can be very advantageous," Efe quoted him as saying. He said he had a lot in common with the US leader as he considered that neither were professional politicians and highlighted that he himself had never been a member of a party. Nonetheless, records show that Putin entered the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1970 while attending St. Petersburg State University, and remained a member until December 1991. Putin insisted that whether he liked Trump or not was irrel...

Chemical attack in Syria kills dozens; Trump blames Assad, Obama regime

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However, Syria denied that either its forces or Russian forces were behind the attack US President  Donald Trump  condemned the "intolerable" alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria and blamed the Bashar al-Assad regime, media reports said. "Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilised world,"  Efe news  quoted Trump as saying on Teusday in a statement. Trump said that "heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution", referring to former President Barack Obama, who "said in 2012 that he would establish a 'red line' against the use of chemical weapons" in Syria but then "did nothing". "The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this intolerable attack," the President concluded. Shortly before Trump...