Trump and Putin, New-Found Pals?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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While GOP 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump declared he doesn't want the endorsement of rival Jeb Bush should he become the party's eventual nominee, the brash billionaire on Thursday picked up the support of no less than Russian President Vladimir V. Putin.

A report in The New York Times citing Russia's official Interfax newswire said Putin praised Trump Thursday after his year-ending conference in Moscow and called him "a very bright and talented man and the absolute leader of the presidential race."

Trump who projects a tough-talking persona similar to that of Putin has frequently expressed admiration for the Russian leader, who is "a hockey-playing judo expert who can be found riding horses shirtless," according to the Times.

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