Made for minds. Eye. Working together. We will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American Dream i. Think it was november the 9th 2016 and donald trump had just been elected to new president of the usa Hillary Clinton the favorite at last. Vladimir putin was one of the 1st to congratulate the surprise winner donald trump. No i see russia wants to completely restore its relationship with the usa you mr. President the fact that trump was focusing on the slogan make America Great again i mean that he wanted to promote his country rather than pushing for globalization but thems was good news for us russians and i said that he approves jim jim means that you need an address year if theres any abuse. 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 raja 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. To put a True Partnership ever really developed could these men really become friends all were their states destined to remain enemies. On january the 20th 2017 donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America Donald trump there is 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. Could the relationship with moscow be reset. Please put in those others will my dear to him shooting 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 over 30 and trump would make a deal on how the rest of the world would live testimony. 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 name. Sions haleys 1st appearance in february 27th 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 tack 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 assad regime citing our 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 parents. 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 i dont legislate be launched. Theres also and 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 that gets him the 1st positive headlines i think of his presidency on Foreign Relations for having taken a decisive step there. Russian state media one not impressed. With the youngest just slightly suited to be a French Company or according to social media these containers were used for chemical weapons allegedly at the military airport of. This was why the u. S. Military this airport was 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 we believe. Caught up in a storm of recriminations President Trump changed his tune and praise nato while admonishing 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. So adamant putin entirely agreement in his eyes trump was just a pawn in the political chess game. Surely that might go the smoke a little bit but its just at the beginning of the development of this domestic policy dispute was still quite amusing and a group of girls today we was sad and concerned with to a man. And 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 little more ramrod straight of his chair so longer to be with you if you like either because it would interfere with your degree to hear President Trump tell president putin that it was an honor to meet with every. Requirement of the climate that were in with the allegations about russia meddling in 2016 president ial elections. The private meeting lasted for over 2 hours according to the trump camp the u. S. President gave putin a dressing down for meddling in the u. S. And actions but both now wanted to concentrate on the future when you go to the streets through that moves through it and not measuring ago i think if we continue as we started yesterday there is reason to believe that we will succeed in restoring our cooperation would look good in the middle east are good enough to sit. 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 because 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 cost a star. Rumpus rockefeller vignettes of dont stone. 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 Miller who had taken it over from f. B. I. Head james komi in may. Democrats said theyre 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 was drafted in july 27th seen both sides of congress voted for it. Trump signed the bill albeit reluctantly. Lifting sanctions independently was clearly beyond his powers. Which are not open it immoral putin cannot understand this and our system of such a thing was impossible it was good enough and said that they wont let the u. S. President do his job whats that all about with the president was elected but he cant take any steps without congress the congress why. We see the endeavors of various members of congress that are painted with enemy picture of russia to use it for their own domestic purposes so who the democrats are very pursuing this tactic of but thats to do with congress. But now the time had come for putin to strike back. Just to hear now what the devil likely put or regarding the u. S. A. s diplomatic representation here its rather drastic because over 1000 diplomats employees and technical staff work in russia 755 of them now have to give up their jobs because it would 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 america stroke in confidence at home we are also restore our strength and standing. Around the world we face rogue regimes terrorists. And rivals like china and russia they challenge our inchers very carefully 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 new russian firms for conspiracy against the United States of america the furnace allegedly conducted what 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. As he was but he was captured in russia the miller investigation was seen as part of a comprehensive attack on trumped by prodemocrat media newspapers on t. V. Channels and tribes opponents in congress. Should go as. It was all perceived as a wide front aiming to undermine trumps legitimacy and his ability to run the country. Meanwhile 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 was just its 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. We should keep them somewhere this is how he reaches the hearts and minds of his voters they love this feeling of power that he knew 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. Made russia reading it and said for a few neighboring countries like bella rousseau ukraine or russia cannot tell me anything or anyone of course right well jimmy still too soon likes to see himself as an employee said. On march the 18th 2000 won the election with over 76 percent of the votes but asked results of his political career this came as no surprise to his supporters it isnt good for you to put using prisoners up there 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 fugitive that is just the resource was thrown. Donald trump sent his congratulations to the. President. And congratulated him on the victory as a lector all 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. Just to go buddy. As far as the russian leadership goes i think every question attempts to organize a top level meeting was he found that with great hope. Until the meeting in hell think what she meant i give them and i will do 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. As usual a journalist asked a question regarding trumps stance on russian interference in the u. S. Election. People came to me there and goats came to me and 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 set 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 appears need for some clarification it should have been obvious i thought it would be obvious but i would like to clarify just in case it was an icky sentence in very marked i said the word word instead of word the sentence should have been i dont see any reason why i wouldnt well why it was the russians so just to repeat it i said the word would instead of words he knew exactly what he was saying he simply did not want to contradict anything putin said at the press conference. In seoul the matter differently. Than we do most of the cost of the use to a quarter but over there are people in america who are willing to sacrifice the russian American Relationship for domestic political reasons and 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 places but i want you mr i mean i mean in your list of. Agreement from the u. S. Not this time in retrospect trams comments in helsinki seem all the more incredible since just 3 days before the meeting a special Council Miller had filed new charges this time against 12 russian intelligence agents. To finish work for 2 units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the russian general staff known as the g argue the unison gaged an 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. M. F. The disarmament treaty the following year. The treaty signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1907 had protected europe from you can amazons 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 whats at the rest of the more sinister exam bolton believes that if we terminate all arms traders you there will be a clear distinction between the usa and russia pushing score all star nuggets in your play then it will be easy for the usa to dictate to russia as parity will no longer exist so whats the bet its that. 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. Just look up when you. Get to be as the english lit the fuse that bush wants but a lump. Is flies on a grin but if you do wrong so far the city fix an eagle could suddenly stood in the edges of it in thats its real was that it was totally i live coolly huge because like literally belittle you to keep fighting it and if it is to not really focus. On the one hand it holds 13 arrows and i have got hand tools and olive branch with all of said the sign of the benevolent and peace following closely obvious but it was and if you know the question. Rush problems are serious just below a stage that is still looks like the eagle has signaled the. Oh it is and what is never to the end of this. Is after the meeting hardliner bolton assured everyone that he had not brought along any olives it is the american position that rushes in by a lake 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. Russias state media was outraged dimitri golf 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 a hand like reaches for the nuclear but those are the result will be mutual destruction. There will be no winners in the near border. Remember and stay nov 28th seems. After the frosty atmosphere in moscow trump were visibly chummy. They were in paris with other welcome 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 us media were not the only ones speculating was putin behind it all. And to make your story. Just fitness but which do you really think that we can get struck a signal a wink and says ok donald now you pretend to be the american president and i pull the strings of course not just yet of there any evidence for this with you maybe because he gives him the thumbs up or winks at him without it while its on the move with stored. 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 plan a 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 Cullen 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. Help or eastern lauren heritable operated. On location to cooperate. For though his business in russia. Was not illegal trumps denial raised suspicions and hampered his dialogue with putins. Expression vamose that have been asked of them both as names in my days though its right me every time traveler tried to contact him there was a political storm in americas news and she even fox news had started reporting negatively about her new so he retreated and was toxic for him. Trump was in a dynamic and needed to rethink. His next move via twitter surprising everyone once again. Weve been fighting for a long time its 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 land and now its time for our troops to come back home. But trumps declaration of victory in syria was perceived differently at home critics all the withdrawal as a gift to russias president so from the Russian Point of view its great if the United States withdraw its 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 if 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 to. Ice a sort of election day. Heres a serious right now you love. So theres ice there. 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 to gradually shift. 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 president saying lets move was that my trump is an isolationist 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 teen the New York Times revealed that the f. B. I. Itself had been investigating the president in the russia 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. Ive never worked for roger and you know that ads are better than anybody i never work for russia not only did i never work for russia i think its a disgrace that you even asked that question because its all thick fat whole its just. Jumped on his secretary of state mike pumpin on board. It 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. Will put in then took aim at the u. S. But notice if you put in 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. No should they know you but can they count mutallab 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 chatted 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 us well as long run of Court Victories had come to an end his report showed there was no evidence of a conspiracy between donald Trump Campaign team and russian officials. Who has Just Announced there was no good mood youre in where the right here at your most ridiculous thing ive ever heard there was no collusion with the russian there was no obstruction and none whatsoever. And it was a complete and total 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. That we 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 or 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 is. I mean one of the media cons of were brought down by an uber rich greene that they spent 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 2900 the g 20 summit was held in japan it was the 1st meeting between trump and putin after the Murder Investigation the atmosphere at the press conference was relaxed almost jovial. I am astonished telling everyone that everything is a way i dont meddle in a fashion i mean it is i think that. Back home in washington trumps 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 a militia still still in business i doubt that they even discussed anything substantial in all this time we havent seen the slightest result leastways you got that you can delegate that means that theyve never agreed on anything yet show me the way hes. Fault President Trump everything was about the onset of the deal. With sanctions still in place what did moscow have to offer interim swelled of show and business. Its economy could youre going to do root for our economy was going downhill in the shifts that helps to stimulate Economic Growth with state subsidies were having little effect at these proclamations that we now had a Strong Economy with import substitution those were pure lives and we did not have this at all to do for a new us nothing to call import substitution means producing goods which are competitive on a world market ourselves in the Middle America or but russia does not produce any such goods the ship to produce a machine you must you know stales. Was put in willing to trade in his geopolitical advantage for an economic deal to get the sanctions lifted. It remained down from. Going on this because of was a few years ago he said that a 1000 years of russians should interest was more important than Economic Development officer to become a rich. Bot putins message to the world had not changed russia was back when i was appointed i bit his hand was rebuilding a russian empire and the heart of this empire for us 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 and feared. Tonight i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a 2nd term as president of the United States. Russia may still have been on trumps new agenda but it was now at the bottom. That they look it up its just one of the ship was one trade trump can also afford to annoy or upset his voting. But chumming up here isnt a slip gently cause a ruckus or keep America Great really will bring the news russia doesnt come up ukraine will 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 of 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 the signal would be triggered what the missiles would be launched. As long as theres this level of mistrust that no one would hesitate or checkley to that they would just say lets respond 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. And the most a. Year from now all she russia has always been argued by fights for its territory and independence and thats our National Identity and its a source it was difficult for us without a clear enemy. But we dont have this problem anymore one way or another america will always be the enemy the just and im happy about that im you know she had the. Voices in moscow cheering trumps arrival in the white house had 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 their common journey is over. And the idea that you can 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 each of them unique you and i see here contrary to the United States russian civilization has existed for 10 centuries and there can only be a President Trump for a maximum of 9 years so were not worried its like an annoying fly buzzing around of know if we should not overstate the significance of the u. S. And donald trump. Ultimately the bromance between putin and trump began full of hope and ended in 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. And mixed ethnic facts cast into one dance country 12 exceptional dancers from across the globe are brought together by one of the most exciting choreographers of our time. To actually kind of carry you a church of god out. And the ballet after for 20. 30 minutes on g. W. Literature invites us to see people in particular. I like to see is the kids find the strength. To. Work of finding. The books on youtube. Maybe for our 3rd online session. The Coronavirus Crisis has hit making news organizations especially hard. What will it take for them to recover. Is turbo digitalisation and local journalism a way out of the crisis and. Join our online solution has to be a forum. Today at 1230 u. T. C. Above. This is news coming to you live from clashes in belarus as president lukashenko claims a landslide victory. The but the flip police and demonstrators are out in force in the capital minsk and in other cities despite polls indicating a strong challenge from an opposition candidate claims to have won 80 percent of the boat look at the latest also coming out phone call media tycoon leading prodemocracy campaigner jimmy life has been arrested