Trump has been hesitant to impose new sanctions on the already heavily sanctioned Russia, saying on Wednesday that additional penalties might interfere with ceasefire negotiations. “If I think I’m close to getting a deal,

More than a decade ago, Trump mused about whether Vladimir Putin would attend a beauty pageant that Trump was sponsoring in Moscow and, if so, whether Putin would “become my new best friend.” That seemingly random 2013 Twitter missive launched one of the most enduring and significant geopolitical bromances in recent times—one that has persisted despite election-interference allegations,

He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I'm not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever." Trump is not the only president who has stressed the importance of personal relationships with other nations' leaders.