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In the interview, Mr. Trump said he respected Mr. Putin, adding that he respected ?a lot of people, but that doesn?t mean I?m going to get along with him.?He continued: ?He?s a leader of his country. What Mr. Trump was specifically referring to or whether there was added context that came after his comment was not immediately clear based on the excerpt that was made available. ?We will work with Ukraine, Russia and all other parties involved to help them restore peace along the border,? Mr. Trump said in a White House statement. Many asked how conservatives would have reacted had President Barack Obama, or other Democrats, compared American actions to Mr. Putin?s. But his willingness to seemingly draw a moral equivalence to actions by Mr. Putin, who has brutally suppressed dissent by eliminating political enemies, led to an eruption on social media.