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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked if he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ignoring his "Vladimir, STOP!" social media post.
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00:00Thank you, Mr. President. When you implored him to stop previously, Vladimir Stop, on social media, and he didn't, he just continued, I'm curious, did you bring that up with him in your phone call today?
00:14I think you have to talk about it.
00:15Sorry, you previously on True Social implored President Putin to stop. You wrote Vladimir Stop, and he didn't stop, quite the contrary. I'm curious, did you bring that up on your call with him today?
00:25No, no, I didn't bring that up. But I did say, it's time, you got to stop this thing. And I believe he wants to stop. Look, I would be, I think, very able to tell whether or not he wanted to or what. I thought there was a very good chance, like a 50-50 chance that he would say, I want to take the whole thing. I didn't know what he was going to say. And then they have a different kind of a problem. But I believe he wants to stop. He's sure.
00:52There was a voice just now about backing away or walking away, if it looks like it's going to be an intractable problem. Do you have a red line in your head of what would cause you to back away?
01:02Yeah, in my head, but not something I'm going to announce. But yeah, definitely in my head I do.
01:05And what exactly would that work like?
01:07Because this is in our war. This is not my war. This is not the war. I mean, we got ourselves entangled in something that we shouldn't have been involved in.
01:15And we would have been a lot better off. And maybe the whole thing would have been better off because it can't be much worse. It's a real mess. It's a death trap.
01:22So I think that, yeah, I would say I do have a certain line, but I don't want to say what that line is because I think it makes the negotiation even more difficult than it is. Yes, please.
01:34Mr. President, thank you all for your stuff.
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