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"We take this confirmation that the American side may provide us such assistance, should we need it," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said of Trump's offer to send ventilators..
He added the offer showed "a responsible approach in our common fight with the pandemic" and that Russia had "acted in the same way" when it sent aid to the US last month.
Offering help was a natural thing to do under the circumstances, so one shouldn't "add some political considerations" to it, the Russian official said.



President Trump: The big projection being that 2.2 million people would die if we did nothing. That was another decision we made, close it up. That was a big decision that we made. Two very smart people walked into my office and said listen these are your alternatives. And that was a projection of 1.5 to 2.2 million people would die if we didn't close it up. That's a lot of people.
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