The White House says President Donald Trump and the intelligence services were pleased to have helped thwart a terrorist plot in Russia that “could have killed large numbers of people.”
“President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called President Donald J. Trump today to thank him for the advanced warning the United States intelligence agencies provided to Russia concerning a major terror plot in Saint Petersburg, Russia,” a statement from the White House said.
According to the statement, Trump “appreciated the call and told President Putin that he and the entire United States intelligence community were pleased to have helped save so many lives.” The statement went on to say that Trump stressed that intelligence cooperation is needed to “defeat terrorists wherever they may be.”
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