US presidential candidates weigh in on Russia, Putin, Middle East
Al-Monitor takes the pulse of the US presidential candidates' varied stances on the Middle East crises and on Vladimir Putin and his role in international politics.
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Donald J. Trump:
Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has famously suggested that he thinks he would “get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that the United States and Russia could find common ground in hitting the Islamic State (IS) in Syria if he were president. Putin, in turn, has praised Trump as a like-minded strongman with high poll numbers.
“I think that I would probably get along with him very well,” Trump said of Putin on CBS News’ "Face the Nation" on Oct. 11, 2015. "And I don't think you'd be having the kind of problems that you're having right now."
