{"id":18,"date":"2022-11-04T23:41:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/?post_type=te_announcements&p=18"},"modified":"2022-11-04T23:41:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:41:26","slug":"12-17-2015-putin-says-trump-is-absolute-leader-in-u-s-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/announcement\/12-17-2015-putin-says-trump-is-absolute-leader-in-u-s-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/17\/2015 \u2013 Putin says Trump is \u2018absolute leader\u2019 in U.S. presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin found a moment Thursday during a wide-ranging news conference to offer a strong endorsement of Republican front-runner Donald Trump, calling the billionaire presidential candidate the \u201cabsolute leader in the presidential race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very lively man, talented without doubt,\u201d Putin said when journalists approached him after the news conference and asked about Trump. \u201cHe\u2019s saying he wants to go to another level of relations \u2014 closer, deeper relations with Russia. How can we not welcome that? Of course we welcome that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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