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Trump gaggle at Joint Base Andrews: Iran, Russia, Ukraine settlement (transcript pending)

Quotes are per auto-captions; no official transcript yet. Asked whether talks with Iran continue, Trump said "A little bit" and then: "We are going to have something one way or the other. It'll happen fairly soon. Most people think seem to think it's after the election." On Russia and Ukraine he said: "I think it's the closest I've seen to maybe working out a settlement" and "I think they both want it." He said of Putin and the released American, Steven Hubbard: "He didn't ask for anything back".

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