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Trump’s Whitewash for Putin

Melania Trump’s humanitarian diplomacy gives the White House a moving story to tell. What disappears from that story carries a political price.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 6

U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House is using First Lady Melania Trump’s humanitarian work to soften the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against neighboring Ukraine.

The White House says nearly 800 people were evacuated during the humanitarian operation in Oleshky, an occupied town in southern Ukraine. Each person brought to sa…

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