US-Russia ties at 'all-time low': Trump

Blaming Congress, President Donald Trump has tweeted the US's "relationship with Russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low".

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Published 3 August 2017 10:44pm

Source: AAP

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US President Donald Trump says Washington's "relationship with Russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low" and blames Congress for the situation.

Trump's comment, in a post on Twitter early on Thursday, comes one day after he signed new sanctions against Russia into law, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.

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