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Helsinki summit: Oh, what a gracious surrender of power

After some 70 years, it is time. The U.S. has been the global leader long enough. It is another country’s turn to step up.

Russia, as always, is willing, and so, on our behalf, President Trump magnanimously agreed to relinquish this demanding role.

In so doing, America sets the standard again. Have any other countries ever yielded authority so amicably?

Caught up in this spirit of harmony, President Putin will allow President Trump to keep his job one more year.

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