The small nation trapped between Putin and Trump | By David A. Andelman for CNNOpinion
David A. Andelman, Executive Director of The RedLines Project, is a contributor to CNN where his columns won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing. Author of "A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today," he was formerly a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News. Follow him on Twitter @DavidAndelman. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
It's quite clear Donald Trump has a friend in the Kremlin. How else to weigh the comments from Vladimir Putin Wednesday morning:"I see nothing compromising in the conversation between Trump and Zelensky." "President Trump turned to a colleague with a request to investigate possible corruption relating to members of the former administration," Putin said at an energy forum in Moscow. "Any head of state would have had to do the same," he added.Then the Russian leader joked, when asked if he'd meddle in the 2020 election:"I'll let you in on a secret -- yes! Of course we will. Just don't tell anybody.
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