Subject: Re: US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000
Trump: Putin's VERY useful IDIOT.

Russia has largely been sidelined in diplomacy over the war in Iran, an ally of the Kremlin, but western intelligence agencies say Moscow has continued to provide support, including intelligence and drones to strike US targets in the area.

Trump later said: “We had a very good conversation, I’ve known him a long time.”

The US president said Putin offered his help to take Iran’s buried uranium to Russia, but Trump said he preferred for the Russian president to be “involved with ending the war in Ukraine”.

Trump reiterated that he believed a deal to end the Ukraine conflict was close. Despite repeated US statements to that effect, the two sides remain far from any lasting settlement.