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Politics● LowSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 4:29 PM

Trump Says His Son Would Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party

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The president said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., had decided to return the money, but defended the gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as “totally allowed.”

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