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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Watling

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Putin manipulated trump s ego and insecurities with flattery former security adviser claims - You Need To See This

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Vladimir Putin played to Donald Trump’s “ego and insecurity with flattery” when the former president was in the White House, a former national security advisor who was later fired from office has alleged.

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