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Trump's new 'dangerous fantasy' with Putin torn to shreds by analyst

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Fareed Zakaria raked President Donald Trump over the coals in The Washington Post Friday for his "dangerous fantasy" that he can still negotiate rationally with Russia's Vladimir Putin. There is no placating Putin, said Zakaria; he only wants the destruction of America, and he has proven this time and time again. "It is worth recalling a lesson about Putin learned by another businessman turned government official — Hank Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs. As treasury secretary, Paulson visited Beijing for the Olympics in August 2008, just as the global financial crisis was gathering force and markets were increasingly worried about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant institutions that guarantee most mortgages in the United States." When he arrived, he learned that Putin's government actually proposed Russia and China "dump large quantities of Fannie and Freddie securities" to destabilize them further — a plan China didn't indulge. "Think about what this says," wrote Zakaria. "A

First report: The dangerous fantasy of a win-win with Putin — washingtonpost.com, 3d