Trump genuinely thought Vladimir Putin was his friend, both at the start of Bolton's tenure and visibly in the way the two interacted with one another.
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John BoltonEvidence Quote
“he did think Putin was his friend... And I could see it in the way they interacted with one another.”
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John Bolton Warns: The System Is Breaking Down. The World’s Out of Control And No One's in Charge— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 6/18/2026, 1:57:40 PM
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