President Donald Trump sought to “trust but verify” both sides of the peace talks with Ukraine and Russia between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin, but it was the former and not the latter who reneged on a mineral deal under the demands for security guarantees, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
“I think Vladimir Putin is a an old school communist, a former KGB agent, and he’s not to be trusted, and he is dangerous,” Johnson told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
“The way I view this is that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are engaged in a new axis, axis powers, and they are not on America’s side. Let’s be crystal clear about that. You have to walk circumspectly in these perilous times on the world stage.
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