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Zelensky Defies Trump, Strikes Putin Where It Hurts Most
The Bulwark reaches for "defies" where Crooks and Liars stays flat.
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What happenedSam Stein and Catherine Rampell give their takes on Trump’s decision to buy oil from Putin, just weeks after Trump signed Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "‘He Damn Well Better Stop!’: Trump Rages At Zelensky Over Oil Refinery Strikes". The right frames it as "Zelensky Defies Trump, Strikes Putin Where It Hurts Most".
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Left / center-left‘He Damn Well Better Stop!’: Trump Rages At Zelensky Over Oil Refinery Strikes
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Right / center-rightZelensky Defies Trump, Strikes Putin Where It Hurts Most
‘He Damn Well Better Stop!’: Trump Rages At Zelensky Over Oil Refinery Strikes
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Zelensky Defies Trump, Strikes Putin Where It Hurts Most
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Sam Stein and Catherine Rampell give their takes on Trump’s decision to buy oil from Putin, just weeks after Trump signed Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law.
