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‘Let it be an arms race,’ says Trump to MSNBC

Season 2016 Episode 3580 | 4m 30s

According to MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski, President-elect Donald Trump told her this week that there could be an arms race between the U.S. and Russia, but that if so, the U.S. would outlast any adversaries. His transition team also released a recent letter from Vladimir Putin to Mr. Trump that called for “real steps" to restore cooperation between the countries. John Yang reports.

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