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President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 12,
2017, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump: US-Russia Relations May be at “All-Time Low”

VIVIAN SALAMA tions with Russia “may be all,” Trump said flatly during praised Putin throughout U.S. investigations into Rus-
JOSH LEDERMAN at an all-time low.” His top a White House news confer- the U.S. election cam- sia’s alleged interference in
Associated Press diplomat offered a similarly ence. It was stark evidence paign, was poised for a po- America’s U.S. presidential
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lay- grim assessment from the that the president is moving tentially historic rapproche- election.
ing bare deep and dan- other side of the globe af- ever further from his cam- ment with Russia. But any “It’d be a fantastic thing
gerous divisions on Syria ter meeting with Vladimir paign promises to establish such expectations have if we got along with Putin
and other issues, President Putin in Moscow. better ties with Moscow. crashed into reality amid and if we got along with
Donald Trump declared “Right now we’re not get- Only weeks ago, it ap- the nasty back-and-forth Russia,” Trump said.
Wednesday that U.S. rela- ting along with Russia at peared that Trump, who over Syria and ongoing Continued on page 3