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"Things will work out fine between the U.S.A. and Russia," Trump tweeted. "At the right time everyone will come to their senses & there will be lasting peace!"
During a press conference Wednesday with NATO's secretary-general, Trump said the US "may be at an all-time low" in its relations with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the same day that trust between the US and Russia had deteriorated under Trump.
Tensions are heightened after a chemical weapons attack in Syria last week that killed more than 80 people, including women and children. The US has blamed the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Russia, for the attack. Assad maintains that his regime is not responsible, and Putin suggested earlier this week that the attack was a "false flag" designed to frame Assad.
In response to the attack, Trump last week ordered a strike on military infrastructure used by the Assad regime.