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Colbert: Spineless Trump Rolls Over for Turkey, Angers GOP Leaders

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TedStriker10/09/2019 4:12:43 pm PDT

re: #286 KGxvi

Interesting. I wonder if it was mis-attributed or if he’s just something he used quite a bit like “trust but verify”.

Sounds better in the original Russian; the head of the KGB in Chernobyl used it to take a dig at Reagan:

“Of course, I trust you. But you know the old Russian proverb: “Trust, but verify.” And the Americans think that Ronald Reagan thought that up…”