They. Are working together. We will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American Dream i. It was november the 9th 2016 and donald trump had just been elected to a new president of the usa Hillary Clinton the favorite at last. The timea putin was one of the 1st to congratulate the surprise when a trump. Russia wants to completely restore its relationship with the usa and used. To sit it out but the fact that trump was focusing on the slogan is make America Great again a meeting that he wanted to promote his cause. 3 rather than pushing for globalization but thems was good news for us rushers and i said that he approves jim jim enos if i cheat in a good i see if theres any employers. President putin and President Trump shook hands on a new friendship. But the 1st 2 years of trumps presidency was overshadowed by the socalled russia a fan allegations of conspiracy against the United States. Did the 2 men really collude i never worked for roger and you know that answer better than anybody i never worked for russia. There was signs of male bonding every time the 2 president s match box could a True Partnership ever really develop could these men really become friends all whether their states destined to remain enemies. On january the 20th or 2017 donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of america. Will go on trial through solid waste swear that i will faithfully execute that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States the office of president of the United States so help me god so help me god congratulations mr president. Good to relationship with moscow the reset. Is putting those of additional material to them scootin was entertaining the hope that he could create a different kind of relationship with the usa to the previous one much of which meant gradually rebuilding the world to fit his own rules and turning russia back into a superpower in trump would make a deal on how the rest of the world would live its gudrid just a minute. But moscows hopes for a fresh beginning with washington was soon dodged. First of all by new key haley trumps new ambassador to the united. Haleys 1st appearance in february 27th teen marked a tougher stance i consider it unfortunate that the occasion of my 1st appearance here is one in which i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia the dire situation in Eastern Ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian actions. Contrary to all of trumps previous comments Ambassador Haley confirmed that u. S. Sanctions would remain in place until russia withdrew from annexed crimea. The us governments anti russian tac continued. In march f. B. I. Director james comey confirmed that his oath orators would be conducting an official investigation into the allegations that the russian government interfered in the 2016 u. S. Election campaign. And that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. In april un Ambassador Haley once again condemned russias complicity with the syrian asaad regime citing boys in gas attack yesterday morning. We awoke to pictures to children foaming at the mouth suffering convulsions being terry in the arms of desperate fans. The truth is that assad russia and iran have no interest in peace when the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action. 3 days later u. S. Missiles hit the Syrian Military airport from where the poison gas attack at an edgy been launched. Is also at a point where he needs to distance himself somewhat to push back against these allegations that hes too close to putin and to russia and he launches this missile strike against him the 1st positive headlines i think of his presidency on Foreign Relations for having taken a decisive step there. Russian state media were not impressed. With the yankees just slightly seem to be switched off here according to social media these containers were used for chemical weapons allegedly at the military airport of. This was why the u. S. Military on this airport in reality these containers had nothing to do with chemical weapons they were used for various military purposes for the transport of weapons and other equipment which was. Definitely. Caught up in a storm of recriminations President Trump changed his tune and praise nato while russia. Right now were not getting along with russia at all we may be at all time low in terms of the relationship with russia and. Vladimir putin entirely agreed in his eyes trump was just a pawn in the political chess game. Machine that my goodness look at it but its just at the beginning of the development of this domestic policy dispute was still quite amusing when a group of girls today we was sad and concerned to imagine what kind of crazy notions these people will come up with next if all they are doing is stirring up the anti russian sentiment and you actually see there is a great interest because. This was the atmosphere in which the 2 president s 1st met face to face in july 2017 at the g 20 summit in hamburg. President trying to be a little more casual about. His appearance before putin and coop them with a little more formal a couple more ramrod straight of his chair so long to be with you if i did it because it would interfere with your degree if you are President Trump tell president putin that it was an honor. Every minute requirement and the climate that were in aware of the allegations about russia meddling in the 26. 00 president ial election. The private meeting lasted for over 2 hours according to the trump camp the u. S. President gave put in a dressing down for meddling in the u. S. Elections but both now wanted to concentrate on the future when you go to the streets do that moves through it and. I think if we continue as we started yesterday there is reason to believe that we will succeed in restoring our corporation would do good in the middle east are going to another look at. In the evening at the g. 20 dinner hosted by uncle americal the 2 president s held a 2nd secret meeting. Of course if youre at the g 20 dinner theres nothing really private which is there are 20 World Leaders along with their entourages and in the leaders of the European Union and its quite a crowded room so could they have had a private word with interpreters sure is much important business going to happen in that context very unlikely. Back home in washington trumps appearance in hamburg had course just. The opposite of the 11 ads of dont storm i give trump was accused of being a kremlin agent and it quickly became clear that he would not pursue a dialogue with putin because of these allegations in the u. S. The m. E. Trump was in a tricky spot being acclaimed in moscow yet but rated in washington. Then things started getting even more awkward. The investigation into potential collusion between his Campaign Team and russian officials was now being led by special Counsel Robert Mueller who had taken it over from f. B. I. Head james komi in may. Democrats said pushing for somebody outside the Justice Department to handle the investigation after the president fired call me a week ago. Trumps attempt to maintain control over the investigation had failed the american system of mutual checks and balances was effective limiting the president s powers trump was all too aware of this as a bill imposing new sanctions on russia it was drafted in july 27th. Both sides of congress voted for it. Trump signed the bill albeit reluctantly. Lifting sanctions independently was clearly beyond his powers. Talk a little moral putin cannot understand this in our system such a thing was impossible it was good enough and said they wont let the u. S. President do his job whats that all about the president was elected but he cant take any steps without congress from congress and. We see the endeavors of various members of congress to paint an enemy picture of russia to use it for their own domestic purposes so you know the democrats are very good on pursuing this tactic but thats to do with congress. But now the time had come for putin to strike back just to hear now what the divil what you just going to put regarding the usas of diplomatic representation here its rather drastic it will because over 1000 diplomats employees and technical staff work in russia 755 of them now have to give up their jobs because of his word interest. As a consequence the u. S. Shut down the Russian Trade Mission in san francisco. It was business as usual between the rivals. In january 28th seen trump held his state of the Union Address and called russia out. As we rebuild americas strength in confidence at home we are also restore our strength and standing. Around the world we face rogue regimes terrorist groups and rivals like china and russia will challenge our inchers or economy and. At the same time the u. S. Treasury published a list of 210 suspects from putins inner circle who were to be targeted with u. S. Sanctions. In february 2800 special counsel Robert Miller filed his 1st charges against 13 russian citizens and 3 year russian firms for conspiracy against the United States of america the furnace allegedly conducted where they Call Information warfare against the United States they established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwilling americans. No u. S. Citizens were charged in the russian fans yet the suspicion the tramps team may have cooperated with moscow remained. Mostly the. Us he was but he was captured in russia the miller investigation was saying as part of a comprehensive attack on truong by prodemocrat media newspapers last t. V. Channels and trans opponents in congress. Will. Go as. It was all perceived as a wide front aiming to undermine trumps legitimacy and his ability to run the country as to. Mean while russia was looking towards its next president ial election. For russia for putin the Russian Nuclear arsenal is a critical component of what makes russia strong. You know in 2018 in his annual state of the nation address he spent so much time with including with videos showing. The might of russias new Nuclear Weapons i say yes that was just a good news for you russia remains a Nuclear Power but nobody was talking to us constructively nobody has listened to us but they will listen to us now for a few switches i. Think one of them should we should keep them somewhere this is how he reaches the hearts and minds of his voters they love this feeling of power to renew with sheer maybe he couldnt have said it at the last election but this time it was clear he would be running as the man who made russia great again. Tory made russian reading it and it said for a few neighboring countries like bella rousseau ukraine or russia cannot sell minutes anything or anyone of course right. Still too soon likes to see himself as an impure a set. On march the 18th in won the election with over 76 percent of the votes that the last result of his political career this came as no surprise to his supporters it isnt pushing you to put your music prisoners up with your with a Crucial Music rituals to store the essence of putins regime or putinism as the west describes it is that hes one of the few heads of state who doesnt just look out for the elite. He also looks out for the ordinary people who make up the majority of the population across the fuji go through this is the resource was thrown. Donald trump sent his congratulations to. The president. And congratulated him on the victory has a lector of victory. In view of the accusations and criminal charges the gesture was seen as inappropriate in washington and trump needed to distance himself from the russian president again shortly afterwards an event that shocked the world gave him the pretext he needed on the 7th of april at least 40 people were killed in what was presumed to be a poison gas attack on the rebel held city of duma northeast of damascus. The u. S. And their allies blamed the russian supported Syrian Regime for the attack and threatened to retaliate. They did so on the morning of april the 14th when american french and british aircraft bombed an alleged chemical weapons. On the same day nikki haley addressed the United Nations. I spoke to the president this morning and he said if the Syrian Regime uses this poisonous gas again the United States is a lot and loaded. When our president draws a red line our president enforces the red line russia and denied all the allegations blaming the Syrian Rebels for staging the poison gas attack to prompt the u. S. To attack assad their main enemy. While russian American Relations were put to the stress test the world was eyeing the 3rd meeting of the 2 president s this time it was held in finland. Has to go at each. As far as the russian leadership goes i think every precious tempt you to organize that top level meeting was the sound of it with great hope until the meeting in helsinki but she managers the minimum would be she if. The 2 president s talked for over 2 hours. Then appeared before the media. Our relationship has never been worse than it is now however that changed as of about 4 hours ago. I really believe that. As usual a journalist asked a question regarding trumps stance on russian interference in the us election. People came to me their coats came to me in some others they said they think its russian i have president putin he just said its not russian i will say this i dont see any reason why it would be it was a remarkable display where i think putin himself was taken aback at how utterly unprepared trump was and merely went along with what putin said go. Back in washington criticism of the president s appearance in helsinki was overwhelming donald trump was forced to explain himself he said it was all just a slip of the tongue i realize it appears need for some clarification it should have been obvious i thought it would be obvious but i would like to play or 5 just in case it was in a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of what. The sentence should have been i dont see any reason why i wouldnt or why it would be rushed so. Just to repeat it i said the word word instead of words he knew exactly what he was saying he simply did not want to can contradict anything putin said at the press conference. In seoul the matter differently. Than we do most of the cost of that he used a quarter. But there are people in america who are willing to sacrifice the russian American Relationship for domestic political reasons i mean they are willing to sacrifice their businesses and lose contracts which are worth millions if we want to lose the russian market and forgo jobs in the usa bases but i want you mr i mean i mean you know. Agreement from the us not this time in retrospect trams comments in helsinki seem all the more incredible since just 3 days before the meeting special counsel miller had filed new charges this time against 12 russian intelligence agents. The defense work for 2 units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the russian general staff known as the g. R. U. Units and gauged in active Cyber Operations to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. Trump then dominated the headlines in october 28th by announcing plans for the u. S. To withdraw from the i. N. F. Disarmament treaty the following year. The treaty signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1907 had protected europe from Nuclear Missiles for 3 decades and was widely seen as a guarantee of security even after the cold war had ended. Up Otto Miller Hall just another john bolton who i know well and was then appointed as a new National Security advisor. Is a man who rejects any kind of disarmament treaty and the president if you believe the furthermore there cannot be parity between 2 nations when the economic power of one was 20 times bigger than the other wotsits rasa glitch or more sinister exam bolton believes that if we terminate all arms traders you there will be a clear distinction between the usa and russia versions corals the nuggets in your play then it will be easy for the usa to dictate to russia as parity will no longer exist but its. One of john boltons 1st trips abroad was to moscow typically putin wanted to put his gassed trumps the National Security adviser to the test. And listen carefully youll. Get it because the english lit the fuse that bush wants but a lump. Is flies on a green but if we do wrong so far the city fix an eagle could certainly stood in the edges of it in thats its real as it was didnt you i leave clues each because luck really believed by you to q 3 yeah if it is too much to live in and out of the one hand it holds 13 arrows and im not going to hand tools Knowledge Branch with such in all its the design of the benevolent and peaceful ending posy obvious what it was and if you know the question. Russia had a lizard sheriff just below as fully as that if they could steal it looks like the eagle has signaled the oh is sound what is now is clearly erroneous. After the meeting a hardliner bolton assured everyone that he had not brought along any olives it is the american position that rushes in by a leash it is russias position that theyre not going away so one has to ask how do you convince the russians to come back into compliance with obligations they dont think theyre violating. Russian state media was outraged dimitri kiesel you all of the man seen by many as putins chief propagandist gave a gloomy prognosis just the opposite. Your feeling a threat may subside. But then in a moment of weakness or should i say our against syria a hand reaches for the nuclear but those are the result of the mutual destruction. There will be no winners in the near border. Remember and stay nov 28th in. After the frosty atmosphere in moscow and trump were visibly chummy. They were in paris with other World Leaders to commemorate the end of the 1st world war a century on from the armistice did one picture say more than a 1000 words could the leaders of 2 hostile countries actually be friends. The u. S. Media were not the only ones speculating was putin behind it all. So as to know. Do you really think that we can get a strong signal i mean a wink and says ok donald now you pretend to be the american president and i pull the strings of course not just yet that there any evidence for this deal maybe because he gives him the thumbs up or winks at him that it want to move with stood. At the next g 20 summit in argentina trump wanted his meeting with putin to be private. I probably will be meeting with president putin we have been terminated that meeting i was thinking about it but we havent theyd like to have it i think its a very good time you have the meeting. But then trump backed out 4 days earlier russia had fired on 3 Ukrainian Naval vessels off the crimean coast and arrested their crews. From canceled his meeting with putin on his fight to point to cyrus the 2 president s ended up talking on the periphery of the summit. In the kremlin trumps last minute cancellation was seen as a diversionary tactic to relieve political pressure back in the states. Shortly before the argentina summit trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen had been found guilty of lying in Court Business connections with kremlin officials had been maintained during the 2016 Election Campaign a fact that trump had previously denied. Had harvesters law and heritable operated by the law looking to collaborate on. The whole though his business in russia was not illegal trumps denial raised suspicions and hampered his dialogue with putins. Expression vamose the card that asked for the votes names imagines that its ready every time traveler tried to contact him there was a political storm in america even fox news that started reporting negatively about him so he retreated could almost toxic for him. Trump was in a dynamic and needed to rethink the announced his next move via twitter surprising everyone once again. Been for. For a long time it syria ive been president for almost 2 years and weve really stepped it up and we have won against isis weve beaten them and weve beaten up badly weve taken back the lead and now its time for our troops to come back home. But trumps declaration of victory in syria was perceived differently had. Critics all the withdrawal as a gift to russias president from the Russian Point of view its great if the United States withdraws it will be then up to russia and of course iran together with the Syrian Government to figure out what happens when the war is over however putin is not trying to get western countries to contribute to the reconstruction of syria because russia doesnt have the money to do that any of that of which in the one year small these theories about it being a gift to putin are ridiculous as the new book i just go to show how vulnerable and powerless our western colleagues are they are permanently trying to stigmatize putin and russia as their scapegoats which in the. By march 29000 the Syrian Democratic forces supported by the us had won. The last i as held bastion had fallen and donald trump felt vindicated. For years yet. I says sort of election day. Heres racist right now you left. So theres ice chest. And thats what we have right now as of last night thats what we have right now you guys are going to have the map congratulations. The reality on the ground however was far more complex. The Successful Partnership with the Syrian Democratic forces and the Iraqi Security forces was instrumental in these gains against isis but it is important to understand that even though this territory has been reclaimed the fight against isis and violent extremists is not over and our mission has not changed. The u. S. Was keeping one foot in the door in syria for trump the Mission Remains a total victory. If it had been his call americas allies would have taken over next replacing u. S. Troops in syria in line with his america 1st slogan. From prison and saying its the mobiles that trump is an isolationist in the usa is my castle and to hell with the rest of the world most of his camp are isolationists and they couldnt care less about others even if the world is going up in flames good for. Success in syria was a welcome distraction from developments at home in january 29th the New York Times revealed that the f. B. I. Itself had been investigating the president in the russian affair after trump fired its director james komi in 2017. Trump was under pressure and his most effective tactic was to distance himself from pollutant. I never worked for roger and you know that ads are better than anybody i never work for a writer not only did i never work for russia i think its a disgrace that you even ask that question because its all big fat holes its just the. Trump card his secretary of state mike pumpin on board a tougher stance on moscow was needed the i. N. F. Treaty offered the idea an opportunity. Russia has jeopardized the United States security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates it if russia does not return to fall in verifiable compliance with the treaty within the 6 month period by verifiably destroying its i n f violating missiles their launchers and associated equipment the treaty will terminate. Russia refused to be dictated to by washington the next day moscow announced that russia was also withdrawing from the pact. Cutin then took aim at the us but notice that you bring the ruling class of the usa there are many who are obsessed with the idea of a special position and superiority over the rest of the world machine. But can they count. Mutinied if i am sure that they can let them count the sheet and range of the weapon systems we are developing. It was a serious setback for Global Nuclear disarmament. Amid the president ial standoff and shattered relations there was another new turn of events. At the end of march 29000. 00 Robert Muller completed his investigation into russian interference in the u. S. Well as long run of Court Victories had come to an end his report showed there was no evidence of a conspiracy between Donald TrumpsCampaign Team and russian officials. Who is Just Announced there was no could lose you know where the right youre the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard there was no collusion with the russian there was no ups truck here in unknown whatsoever. And it was a complete and thorough exoneration. Total exoneration well not quite the final report only said that there was insufficient evidence the tramp broke the law still for him it was the success he was hoping for. The outcome was welcomed in russia. Shipped it was obvious from the start that it would end this way he began as a mountain and ended as a mole hill and knowing. Not of we have to be pretty naive if you believe that 13 Russian Hackers can get 300000000 americans to vote for trump and not Hillary Clinton hes the middle of a media kinds of liberties thrown by an evil but its giving them the. But 2 years looking at it they didnt find that in fact they found approaches to the Trump Campaign but none of them were adopted or accepted and no collusion was means that they didnt coordinate. 3 months later in june 29000 the g 20 summit was held in japan it was the 1st meeting between trump and putin after the investigation japanese fare at the press conference was relaxed almost jovial. I heard you right i felt it was bashing a play i thought that was the 1st i knew. To get. Back home in washington chums comments met with heavy criticism but he was still savoring his victory. d but the question remained friendly once and Smiling Faces aside how with the relationship between moscow and washington develop. What could the 2 men still achieve. As well as the something of a soul slim was just like i doubt that they even discussed anything substantial in all this time we havent seen the slightest result in a solution that you can delegate that means that theyve never agreed on anything yet show me the way hes. President trump everything was about the art of the deal with sanctions still in place what did moscow have to offer in trumps world of show and business. If they could make a deal going to do. Our economy was going downhill in this its that helps to stimulate Economic Growth with state subsidies were having little effect with these proclamations that we now had a Strong Economy with import substitution and those were pure lies and we do not have this at all to do for a new snicker call import substitution means producing goods which are competitive on a world market ourselves in the middle man could go but russia does not produce any such goods they should think of it as a machine to most units a stale. Was put in willing to trade in his geopolitical advantage for an economic deal to get the sanctions lifted. It remained down from. Dont go doing this because of a few years ago he said that a 1000 years of russians should interest was more important than Economic Development as we to become rich i. Thought putins message to the world had not changed russia was back not a bunch of bits hussein was rebuilding a russian empire and the heart of this empire has to give an impression of strength was why did she lifted putin i think would like the west to treat russia as if it were the soviet union that means a country its a great power it has legitimate interests and its to be respected. Tonight i stand before you to all say surely launch my campaign for a 2nd term as president of the United States was russia may still have been on toms new agenda but it was now at the bottom was that the bill that i was just on the move that ship was one trade trump can most afford to annoy or upset his vote is. But summing up with gently cause a ruckus or keep America Great i was hearing the news russia doesnt come up ukraine who hardly ever came up its just not a big issue in the us outside of some very specialized points within within washington we havent seen actual projects or actual negotiations over anything yet. There was a sense of disenchantment about the failure to reset the relationship on both sides. Want reemerged instead wants the familiar image of the enemy which stoked. The room. With this much mistrust between the United States and russia the danger of an Accidental Nuclear war is growing thats all it takes for one computer to fail and suddenly they signal it would be triggered what the and missiles would be launched. As long as theres this level of mistrust that no one would hesitate or checkley put it that they would just say the right lets respond it there is a set of issues we have to talk to russia about making sure that our confrontation does not turn into a conflict that we dont cross the line into attacking one another intentionally or unintentionally because this doesnt and with anything other than the end of life as we know it its unacceptable. To enemies who are longing to become friends across the gulf between their countries. But the most are. Here for now all she russia has always been marked by fights for its territory and independence and thats our National Identity and if we force it was difficult for us without a clear enemy. But we dont have this problem anymore so one way or another america will always be the enemy yes they are and im happy about that im you know shes. The voices in moscow cheering trumps arrival in the white house has now gone quiet. And theres no question that the election of trump may have been the the high point here or the point of maximum opportunity for than it to be missed completely its clear that whatever hope russia had for a positive productive relationship with trump on a bilateral sense is not going to happen. Donald trump is focusing on the upcoming election while putin is turning to New Territories and new admirers for now that common journey is over. And the idea that you could have some grand bargain with russia those things dont work i mean theyre great for people to speculate about so beyond that you know its unclear what the substance of an improvement in relations would be. But teach i meet you and i see you contrary to the United States russia and civilizations has existed for 10 centuries and there can only be a president from for a maximum of 9 years so were not worried its like an annoying fly buzzing around of no if we should not overstate the significance of the u. S. And donald trump you know. Ultimately the bromance between putin and trump began full of hope and ended. And dissolution so now its back to square one whats left is a world which has become less secure and a future which has become much less certain. Place. To go to india and. There is a big buzz behind this mom bees in the indian region that she must solve her dash including it tomorrow is a beekeeper here using traditional methods she wants to protect the native species they are endangered and of course so very important for the farmers and the ecosystem she took. Next fall d. W. Good shape ready during. 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