Trump suggests US accept Russia's annexation of Crimea
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. accept Russia's annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.
In the past, Trump's campaign manager, political strategist Paul Manafort, lobbied on behalf of Viktor Yanukovych, a Ukrainian president and supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Clinton campaign pointed to the exchange to question what Trump knows about the subject and argued that the Republican is repeating Putin's talking points on Crimea.
This comes on the heels of his tacit invitation to the Russians to invade our NATO allies in Eastern Europe.
[...] it's yet more proof why Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief.
In response to other questions about U.S.-Russia relations, Trump dismissed suggestions that he has any kind of relationship with Putin, saying he has neither met Putin nor spoken on the phone with him.