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I think Donald Trump thinks of Putin as being a strong person, and I think he thinks of himself as being a very strong person. But I don't think in any way that he thinks of the Putin government as a desirable model.

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Newt Gingrich
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 17
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