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Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:03 AM Aug 2025

Trump still colluding w/Putin to influence US elections; dovetailing his political messaging w/the former KGB official


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk.

"Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail-in voting," Trump told Fox News Channel's "Hannity" after a nearly three-hour meeting between the leaders in Alaska. "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now."

Trump, who promoted the false narrative that he, not Democrat Joe Biden, won the 2020 election, cited his agreement with Putin over absentee voting as he pressed his fellow Republicans to try harder to advance overhauls to the U.S. voting system that he has long sought.

Trump has voted by mail in some previous elections and urged his supporters to do so in 2024.

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-putin-agrees-him-043119485.html


‘Easiest Mark in Human History’: Trump Torched For Claiming Putin Told Him He Won 2020 Election — If Not For Mail Voting
Following his summit with Putin in Alaska, Trump sat down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity and at one point he claimed that Putin is just as skeptical of mail-in voting as he is.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/easiest-mark-in-human-history-trump-torched-for-claiming-putin-told-him-he-won-2020-election-if-not-for-mail-voting/


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