President Trump did not confront Russian President Vladimir Putin about intelligence community reports that Moscow paid the Taliban bounties for US soldiers, he confirmed in …
President Trump did not confront Russian President Vladimir Putin about intelligence community reports that Moscow paid the Taliban bounties for US soldiers, he confirmed in an interview. Speaking with Axios on Tuesday, the commander-in-chief made the claim after being asked if the issue was raised during his July 23 call with the Russian leader. “No, that was a phone call to discuss other things, and frankly, that’s an issue that many people said was fake news,” he told the outlet. Trump said his discussion with Putin covered the issue of nuclear proliferation, “which is a very big subject where they would like to do something and so would I,” as well as “numerous” other topics. The issue of Russia paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, however, did not come up.
