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As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump famously denied that the late Arizona Sen. John McCain was a hero. Trump said he liked people who 'didn't get caught.' Now, former McCain aide Mark Salter claims in a new book that the senator had a tense phone call with President Donald Trump, shortly after the 2017 inauguration. According to Business Insider, Salter says in the book that Trump appeared angry about McCain's withdrawing his endorsement during the presidential election. After some back-and-forth, McCain said he'd withdrawn his endorsement of Trump over the notorious Access Hollywood recording. But the call calmed down and Trump gave McCain his cellphone number. However, McCain later told his aide he 'lost the number.'
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he had a good conversation with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but he had no comment on his possible endorsement. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump toutes praise from Russia's Putin saying: "Wouldn't it be nice if ...Russia and us could knock out an enemy together?" Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says he expected to have "very good relationship" with Russia's Vladimir Putin while conceding "maybe we won't." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Washington urges Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate "in good faith" on US detainees Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. "So far, we've seen them refuse to take us up on our proposals, and we hope that they will change the way they've handled this going forward," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
"The problem is not that Putin is smart," former US President Donald Trump says during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. "The real problem is our leaders are dumb." Trump says Putin must think he "can take over a whole country" with only the minimal consequence of sanctions from NATO leaders. SOUNDBITE