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Trump says Putin is 'not going to go into Ukraine,' despite Crimea
Washington (CNN) Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine -- even though Putin already has done just that, seizing the country's Crimean peninsula.
Stephanopoulos interjected to note that Trump has suggested he could recognize Russia's claim on Crimea over Ukraine's -- and Trump didn't back away from that possibility in the interview.
"I'm going to take a look at it," he said. "But you know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And you have to look at that, also ... just so you understand, that was done under Obama's administration."
Here's the confusing part from 2015: Trump tells Ukraine conference their nation was invaded because there is no respect for the United States
Complete InterviewKIEV, UKRAINE Plunging into a burning geopolitical conflict, Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had pursued an aggressive policy in Ukraine because "there is no respect for the United States."
"[Russian President Vladimir] Putin does not respect our president whatsoever," said Trump.