financial ties to russian state owned oil company. he's been called the american with the closest personal ties to putin, and he's a former recipient of russia's order of friendship award which is not a common thing for an american to receive. in 2008 donald trump's son traveled to russia looking for deals. he said, quote, we see a lot of money pouring in from russia. trufrm daughter ivanka say long time friend of putin's girlfriend. last but not least there's the donald himself. throughout the years several projects abroad. many of them involving russian money and his personal affinity date back to the late 1980s. trump also took the miss