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Trump's repulsive claim that Putin will free WSJ reporter only *for him* pushes a darker message, that Trump has "a buddy-buddy relationship with some of the worst dictators in the world." Lots of great insights on this from @NGrossman81 on today's pod: https://newrepublic.com/article/181910/trumps-ugly-eruption-putin-will-free-jailed-reporter-for-me