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Former President Bill Clinton described his relationship with Russian President Vladmir Putin as "brutally blunt," and said Putin never reneged on a personal agreement between the two.
In an interview set to air on CNN's Piers Morgan Live on Wednesday night, Clinton said that behind closed doors, Putin "kept his word in all the deals we made."
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"You know, look - Mr. Putin is very smart," Clinton conceded.
"Smart and remarkably, um, we had a really good blunt relationship," he said.
"Brutally blunt," he added.
Comment: Meanwhile Pentagon Chief Mark Esper has claimed the blast is likely an accident, but Trump doubled down saying that it was possibly an attack: