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. 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