Putin: Bill Clinton Once Said it Was Possible for Russia to Join NATO But Took it Back

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PUTIN: “At a meeting here in the Kremlin with the outgoing president, Bill Clinton, right here in the next room I said to him, I asked him, Bill, do you think if Russia asked to join NATO, do you think it would happen? Suddenly he said, you know, it’s interesting. I think so. But in the evening when we met for dinner, he said, you know, I’ve talked to my team. No, it’s not possible now. You can ask him. I think he will watch our interview. He’ll confirm it. I wouldn’t have said anything like that if it hadn’t happened. Okay. Well, it’s impossible now.”