Trump 'asked Putin for advice' about whether the US should help arm Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Trump slapped this down in a statement, saying he was "perfectly prepared" and he did "very well at those meetings.
50% : Though the Senate acquitted him in 2020, Trump told Zelensky on a phone call in July 2019: "The other thing, there's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great."
46% : When Trump met with Zelensky in New York last month, he used the opportunity to declare his support for the Ukrainian and Putin as he once again claimed that he will end the war.
44% : "Fiona Hill, a member of Trump's National Security Council staff who was in the German city for the summit and briefed about the meeting by Tillerson, told The Times: "Putin was basically telling [Trump] that you can't trust Ukraine, and don't give them anything.
41% : Trump had only been in office for seven months when the pair met.
34% : The former ExxonMobil chief executive later shared some insight into the meeting in Hamburg with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he reportedly said Trump was "out-prepared" by Putin.
32% : Putin told Trump that Ukraine was a "corrupt" and "fabricated country" and insisted Russia had "every right" to wield its authority over the nation,The Times reported.
30% : "She added that Tillerson said Putin had done his "K.G.B. shtick" on Trump.
25% : Ukraine would only ask for more, he reportedly warned Trump.
21% : Trump reportedly told Putin he was considering giving weapons to Ukraine and asked: "What do you think?"The Russian leader said that would be "a mistake."
17% : "Trump had previously canceled plans to meet with the Ukrainian leader after Zelensky sparked GOP outrage by visiting the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
12% : "Trump was first impeached by the House of Representatives in December 2019 after it was revealed he tried to have Zelensky investigate President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, over potential impropriety by threatening to withhold military aid to the former Soviet republic.
6% : Tillerson was fired by Trump in March 2018.

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