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As the World Cup winds down and the summit nears, Trump is playing Putin's game

  • Written by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
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It seems incredible that White House aides would schedule the first U.S.-Russia summit of the Donald Trump Presidency for the day after the World Cup final soccer match in Moscow, given the assiduous attention to detail that has, historically, governed every meeting...

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