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Is Putin a presidential role model for Trump?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 15, 2016 National

Unlike Republicans before him — or Democrats, for that matter — White House candidate Donald Trump has been full of praise for the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. What's the attraction? And how is it resonating in this year's presidential campaign?

Photo: A man walks by Mindaugas Bonanu's mural on the wall of a restaurant in Lithuania that shows Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing each other.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Andrea Brody, Katie Cooper, Sáša Woodruff