Thank your team together. We will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American Dream i think it was november the 9th 2016th and donald trump had just been elected to new president of the usa Hillary Clinton the favorite at last. Judging me a putin was one of the 1st to congratulate the surprise when a donald trump. No i see here russia wants to completely restore its relationship with the usa and used. To sit out the fact that trump was focusing on the slogan is make America Great again but he wanted to promote his country rather than pushing for globalization but thems was good news for us russians and i said. Jim mean it that you didnt address year that he appears. 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. Could it True Partnership ever really developed could these men really become friends all were their states destined to remain animists. On january the 20th 2017 donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of america. 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. Please put in those others will not yield to them scooting was entertaining the hope that he could create a different kind of relationship with the usa to the previous one not sure 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 testimony. About moscows hopes for a fresh beginning with washington was soon dodged. First of all i knew he haley trumps new ambassador to the united. Haleys 1st appearance in february 27th team 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 tag 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 halley 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 now 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 at and legit leaping. Notrump 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 parent. Russian state media one not impressed. With the youngest son you see to be a threat coming 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 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 equipment was a little bit elderly. 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 other all time low in terms of the relationship with russia. Vladimir putin entirely agreement in his eyes trump was just a pawn in the political chess game. Machine that my goodness look at it but its just not the beginning of the development of this domestic policy dispute was still quite amusing and a group of good 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 of history. 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 obama marked casual about. His appearance before putin and putin with a little more formal a couple more ramrod straight at his chair just wanted to be with you if you if youre going to. Interfere with your degraded here President Trump tell president putin that it was quote an honor again with every. Minute requirement and the climate at work and with the allegations about russia and 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 putin 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 though that moves through it and not measuring it i think if we continue as we started yesterday there is reason to believe that we will succeed in restoring our cooperation would do good in the middle east are going to remember most of. 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 course just. Trumpeted on the phone there vineyards of. 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. Of 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 and theyre pushing for somebody outside the Justice Department to handle the investigation after the president fired 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. Would you look at it immoral putin cannot understand this and our system for 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 painting or any 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. Now what the divil like you scored. Regarding the usa 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 with 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 trump held his state of the Union Address and called russia out. As we rebuild americas strength in caffre home we are also we store our strength and standing. Around the world we face rogue regimes terrorist groups and rivals like china and russia their challenger inchers erica anime and. At the same time the us 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 defendants 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 offense yet the suspicion the tramps team may have cooperated with moscow remained. As he was but he was captured in russia the mere investigation was seen as part of a comprehensive attack on trumped by prodemocrat media newspapers on t. V. Channels and trumps opponents and congress. Will. 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 say yes that was just its a year 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 will shift into somewhere this is how he reaches the hearts and minds of his voters they love this feeling of power to do 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 russia reading it and it said for a few neighboring countries like bellary so ukraine or russia cannot sell minutes anything or anyone of course right. Still too soon likes to see himself as an impressive. Fan march the 18th 2000 won the election with over 76 percent of the votes the best results of his political career this came as no surprise to his supporters it isnt good for you to put using prisoners up with a 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 of us the fugitive 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. They used to go to church. As far as the russian leadership goes so i think every fresh attempt to organize a top level meeting was held up with great hope until the meeting in helsinki what she meant ideas the minimal bashir. 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 dead 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 nearly 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 clarify that 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 rash 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 had said at the press conference. Since all the matter differently. Than we do most of the english that he used to woo a quarter. But 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 vs what i would you missed i mean. 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. The unison gauged 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 Nuclear Missiles for 3 decades and was widely seen as a guarantee of security even after the cold war had ended. Up but dont recall just another john bolton who i know well was then appointed as a new National Security advisor. Is a man who rejects any kind of disarmament treaty and the president lee with furthermore there cannot be parity between 2 nations when the economic power of one was 20 times bigger than the other. More sinister exam bolton believes that if we terminate all arms traders there will be a clear distinction between the usa and russia versions corals to know thats 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 guest trumps the National Security adviser to the test. Lets look up when you. Get to be astonished at the fuse that bush wants to lump. Is flies on the ground but if you do wrong so far the city fix an eagle could certainly fit in the edges of it in that its real was that it was totally i live coolly huge because like you really believe but you keep saying it is too much to leave it on down to the one hand it holds 13 arrows and not hand tools knowledge crunch with all its the design of the benevolent and peaceful ending posy obvious but 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 it sound what is now its clear the air this. Is after the meeting a hardliner bolton assured everyone that he had not brought along any olives it is the american position that russia is by a lake it is russias positi