A day after his latest phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump said Friday he’s hopeful that Moscow will exert pressure on neighboring North Korea to scale back its missile and nuclear weapons programs.
“We would love to have his help on North Korea,” the president said of Mr. Putin. “China is helping. Russia is not helping. We’d like to have Russia’s help — very important.”
The president also said Mr. Putin told him “very nice things about what I’ve done for this country in terms of the economy.”
“And then he said also some negative things in terms of what’s going on elsewhere,” Mr. Trump said without elaborating.
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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