Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted February 13, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted February 13, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Diplomatic thaw: the Trump-Putin relationship Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. What do we know about the relationship between the US and Russian presidents? TRUMP ON PUTIN Trump has a history of positive and admiring comments about Putin that have long prompted criticism that he is “soft on Russia” He rejects that, saying that no US president was ever tougher on Moscow Trump has called Putin a strong and smart leader and has said he “got along great” with him during his first term in the White House Since the start of his second term, however, Trump has criticised Putin’s conduct of the “ridiculous” Ukraine war and said the conflict is “destroying” Russia Putin “can’t be thrilled, he’s not doing so well,” Trump told reporters on January 20 “Russia is *******, they have more soldiers to lose, but that’s no way to run a country” Trump has threatened more sanctions and tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn’t agree to end the war. PUTIN ON TRUMP Putin said last month he had always had “pragmatic and trusting” relations with Trump The Russian president voiced support for Trump’s false claim that he, not Joe Biden, was the real winner of the 2020 US presidential election Putin has spoken admiringly of Trump’s courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him last year, saying he behaved like a “real man” DOES PUTIN HAVE COMPROMISING MATERIAL ON TRUMP? Speculation that Putin might have some kind of hold over Trump, and be in a position to blackmail him, was fanned by the emergence in 2017 of a document known as the “Steele dossier”, prepared by a business intelligence company led by a former British spy It suggested, among other things, that Russia might have collected lurid details of an alleged interaction with prostitutes during a 2013 visit that Trump made to Moscow Trump said the dossier was “fake news” that was circulated by opponents to damage him Many of its claims were never substantiated, and Trump’s lawyers have said it was “egregiously inaccurate” and contained “numerous false, phoney or made-up allegations” At the Helsinki summit, Putin was asked directly whether Russia had any “compromising material” on Trump or his family. Putin said he had not been aware of Trump’s Moscow trip and it was “utter nonsense” to suppose that Russia gathered dirt on every senior American businessman who came to Russia This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Diplomatic #thaw #TrumpPutin #relationship This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/216656-diplomatic-thaw-the-trump-putin-relationship/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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