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today. i thank your team together. we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the american dream i live it was november the 9th 2016 and donald trump had just been elected the new president of the usa hillary clinton the favorite had lost. me a putin was one of the 1st to congratulate the surprise when a donald trump. no i see russia wants to completely restore its relationship with the usa and used. to sit it out by 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 that he approves chim chim mean it that you need an address

here does he appears. president putin and president trump shook hands on a new friendship. but the 1st 2 years of trump's presidency was overshadowed by the so-called 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 presidents match box could a true partnership ever really develop 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. on trial do solemnly 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. button pushing those of additional material to on shooting 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 over 30 and trump would make a deal on how the rest of the world would live its gudrid system going to. moscow's hopes for a fresh beginning with washington was soon dodged. first

of all i need trump's new ambassador to the united name. sions haley's 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 trump's previous comments ambassador haley confirmed that u.s. sanctions would remain in place until russia withdrew from annexed crimea. the us government's anti russian tack continued. in march f.b.i. director james comey confirmed that his so far it is 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 russia's efforts. in april un ambassador haley once again condemned russia's complicity with the syrian assad regime citing boys in gas attack yesterday morning. we awoke detectors to children. foaming at the now suffering convulsions being terry and 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 she needs to distance himself somewhat to push back against these allegations that he's 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 one not impressed.

with the yankees just slightly seem to be much healthier according to social media these containers were used for chemical weapons allegedly at the military airport of iraq this was why the u.s. military bombed 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 and we was a little bit later. caught up in a storm of recriminations president trump changed his tune and praised nato while admonishing russia. right now we're not getting along with russia at all we may be at all time low in terms of relationship with russia. vladimir putin entirely agreed in his eyes trump was just

a pawn in the political chess game. my goodness look at it but it's not the beginning of the development of this domestic policy dispute was still quite amusing in the book for 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 if there is a great interest because. this was the atmosphere in which the 2 presidents 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 putin with a little more formal a couple more ramrod straight of his chair it's a long way to be with you if you like you know because. if you don't you're to

great if you're president trump tell president putin that it was an honor being with every. minute requirement and the climate that we're in with the allegations about russia and meddling in 2016 presidential elections. 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. and actions but both now wanted to concentrate on the future we're going to be used to that moving story 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 mideast are going to are numbered. in the evening at the g. 20 dinner hosted by angela merkel the 2 presidents held a 2nd secret meeting. of

course if you're at the g 20 dinner there's nothing really private which is there are 20 world leaders along with their entourages and in the leaders of the european union and it's 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 trump's appearance in hamburg had cost a star. from both of the lead vineyards of johnstone i give him now 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 yemeni. trump was in a tricky spot being acclaimed in moscow yet paraded 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 had been pushing for somebody outside the justice department to handle the investigation after the president fired a week ago. trump's 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 and 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. putin cannot understand this and our system for such

a thing was impossible it was good enough and said they won't let the u.s. president do his job what's that all about the president was elected in but he can't take any steps without congress to congress and. we see the endeavors of various members of congress to painting enemy picture of russia to use it for their own domestic purposes so who the democrats are very good on pursuing this tactic but that's to do with congress. but now the time had come for putin to strike back . because there are a lot of people like you. regarding the usa as a diplomatic representation here it's rather drastic because over 1000 diplomats employees and technical staff work in russia 755 of them now have to give up their jobs because. 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's strength in crafting home we are also restoring our strength and standing. around the world we face rogue regimes terrorist groups and rivals like china and russia that challenge our inchers our economy and. at the same time the u.s. treasury published a list of 210 suspects from putin's 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 with a 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 trams 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 pro-democrat media newspapers t.v. channels and france opponents and congress. should go as. it was all perceived as a wide plot aiming to undermine trounce legitimacy and his ability to run the

country. meanwhile russia was looking towards its next presidential 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 russia's new nuclear weapons and i say yes that was just it's 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 tricky situation i. think. will shift into 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 couldn't 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 ready here and it said for a few neighboring countries like bella rousseau ukraine or russia cannot tell me it's anything or anyone of course right. still tousen likes to see himself as an interracial cocker. 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 richard pushed me to put using prisoners up with their with a crucial music ritual to store the essence of putin's regime or putinism as the west describes it is that he's one of the few heads of state who doesn't 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 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 presidents this time it was held in finland. they used to go at each other as far as the russian leadership goes i think every question attempt to organize a top level meeting was the sound of it with great hope until the meeting in helsinki what shimon ideas the minimum would to shift. the 2 presidents 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 trump's stance on russian interference in the us election.

people came to me dead goats came to me in some others they said they think it's russian i have president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't 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 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 my remarks i said the word would

instead of what. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't wear white it would be a rush 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 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 forego jobs in the usa places that would you missed that i mean. in your. 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 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. . unit and gauged in active cyber operations to interfere in the 2016 presidential 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 at home to the hardest i know 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 but the furthermore there cannot be parity between 2 nations when the economic power of one was 20 times bigger than the other what's its russell it's a promotion it's the exam bolton believes that if we terminate all arms traders there will be as your clear distinction between the usa and russia watching 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 simple at sea but it's. one of john bolton's 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 will start a lump. is flies on a green but if you do are you so far do you see the fix an eagle could certainly couldn't i just couldn't sit still was that it was to tell you i live coolly age because we really believe for you to q 3 yeah it is too much to leave. and on the one hand it holds 13 arrows and i have got hand tools knowledge branch with all its at the sign of the benevolent and peaceful impose c d s volcanoes and if you know the question. rush right along there's a serious just below is telling us that if they can still looks like the legal assistant the other lives and what is now to tell you the arrogance. that. after the meeting hardline a bolton assured everyone that he had not brought along any olives it is the

american position that russia is by a lake it is russia's position that they're not going away so one has to ask how do you convince the russians to come back into compliance with obligations they don't think they're violating. russia's state media was outraged dimitri of the man seen by many as buton chief propagandist gave a gloomy prognosis just the opposite. your feeling a threat of 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 will be mutual destruction . there will be there no winners in the near borders. remembrance day november 28th inning. 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. just do you really think that we can get strong a signal and says ok donald you pretend to be the american president and i pull the strings of course not just yet if there any evidence for this that just maybe because he gives him the thumbs up or winks at him that it. 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 haven't they'd like to have it i think it's a very good time to 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. cancelled his meeting with putin on his fight to buenos aires the 2 presidents ended up talking on the periphery of the summit. in the kremlin trump's last minute cancellation was seen as a diversionary tactic to relieve political pressure back in the states. shortly before the argentina summit trump's 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. her car yesterday lauren heritable

operated by internet or looking to collaborate. although his business in russia was not illegal trumps denial raised suspicions and hampered his dialogue with putin's. expression guard that asked for them perverts names him ideas the words write me every time trouble try to contact him there was a political storm in america even fox news that started reporting negatively about him so he retreated to the most toxic for him. trump was in a dynamic and needed to rethink he announced his next move via twitter surprising everyone once again. been fired. for a long time it syria i've been president for almost 2 years and we've really stepped it up and we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten up

badly we've taken back the lead and now it's time for our troops to come back home . but trump's declaration of victory in syria was perceived differently at. critics all the withdrawal as a gift to russia's president from the russian point of view it's 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 doesn't have the money to do that. which in the new small these theories about it being a gift to putin are ridiculous in the 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 yeah. i saw a sort of election day. here's a serious right now you love. so there's i said. and that's what we have right now as of last night that's 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 america's allies would have taken over next replacing u.s. troops in syria in line with his america 1st slogan. from prison the things move was a 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 couldn't 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 29 teams the new york times revealed that the f.b.i. itself had been investigating the president in the russian affair ought to 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 answer better than anybody i never worked for russia not only did i never work for russia i think it's a disgrace that you even ask that question because it's all think sad hope it's just. trump called his secretary of state mike pumpin on board a tougher stance on moscow was needed the i.n.f. treaty offered the ideal 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. guten then took aim at the u.s. but notice that 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. but can they count. mutely 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 presidential 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 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 trump's campaign team and russian officials. who is yours for now and there was no good loser in where the rise you're the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard there was no collusion with the russian there was no obstruction and no in 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. as a question it was obvious from the start that it would end this way she began as a mountain and ended as a molehill 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 he's the middle of a media kinds of liberties thrown by an evil bitch into the. but 2 years looking at it they didn't 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 didn't 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 japanese fare at the press conference was relaxed almost jovial. i was actually telling everyone that they don't level at least as you put it 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 on the russia still still in business i doubt that they even discussed anything substantial in all this time we haven't seen the slightest result of

usually isn't that the usual logo that means that they've never agreed on anything yet show me the way he's. full president trump everything was about the art of the deal with sanctions still in place what did moscow have to offer in trump's well the show and business. if they could we could you give it your. our economy was going downhill in this if it's that helps to stimulate economic growth with state subsidies we're having little effect was that these proclamations that we now had a strong economy with import substitution those were pure lies that we did not have this at all to do for you to snicker could import substitution means producing goods which are competitive on a world market ourselves in the middle men could go but russia does not produce any such goods they should think of it as a machine you must use a stable. was put in willing to trade in his geopolitical advantage for

an economic deal to get the sanctions lifted. it remained down from. don't go don't this because it was a few years ago he said that a 1000 years of russian should interest was more important than economic development was richer going to bitch. about putin's message to the world had not changed russia was back and i will put you a bit putin was rebuilding a russian empire and the heart of this empire has to give an impression of strength of greece why did she leave. could not think would like the west to treat russia as if it were the soviet union that means a country it's a great power it has legitimate interests and it's to be respected. fit through all of tonight i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a 2nd term as president of the united states will it

was russia may still have been on trump's new agenda but it was now at the bottom was the feeling that i was just one of the chip wasn't shy trump can also afford to annoy or upset his vote. but summing up to him gently cause a ruckus to keep america great it was reviewing the news russell doesn't come up crane had hardly ever came up this just not a big issue in the us outside of some very specialized. points within within washington we haven't 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 to stand lost the familiar image of the enemy which stoked in.

the hope that with this much mistrust between the united states and russia the danger of an accidental nuclear war is growing a bust and all it takes for one computer to fail and suddenly the signal will be triggered what the and missiles will be launched no store of as long as there's this level of mistrust that no one would hesitate before checking could it be that they would just say the right let's 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 don't cross the line into attacking one another intentionally or unintentionally. doesn't and with anything other than the end of life as we know it it's unacceptable. to enemies who are longing to become friends across the gulf between their countries. but the most are. here

for no ifs russia has always been marked by fights for its territory and independence and that's our national identity and if we force it was difficult for us without a clear enemy. but we don't have this problem anymore one way or another america will always be the enemy yes and i'm happy about that i'm you know she's. the voice who's in moscow cheering trumps a rival in the white house had now gone quiet. there's 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 it's 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 don't work i mean they're great for people to speculate about so beyond that you know it's 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 russia and civilizations has existed for 10 centuries and there can only be a president from for a maximum of 9 years so we're not worried. it's like an annoying fly buzzing around of no if we should not overstate the significance of the us and donald trump. ultimately the bromance between putin and trump began full of hope and ended in dissolution so now it's back to square one what's left is

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