VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-31
“lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China.”
Donald Trump · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-31
Trump claimed that a meeting of Xi, Modi and Putin at the SCO summit in Tianjin had lost India and Russia to China.
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