A memento shopkeeper shows Matryoshka dolls that includes Russian President Vladimir Putin and former US presidents, together with Donald Trump in Moscow. In latest years the one-time get together of Reagan and present get together of Trump has proven an growing admiration of Russia and Vladimir Putin.
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A memento shopkeeper shows Matryoshka dolls that includes Russian President Vladimir Putin and former US presidents, together with Donald Trump in Moscow. In latest years the one-time get together of Reagan and present get together of Trump has proven an growing admiration of Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Misha Friedman/Getty Images
For half a century, throughout the Cold War, each U-S president painted Russia because the dominant risk. America’s ideological reverse, a hostile and nuclear-armed energy. Ronald Reagan went as far as to name the Soviet Union an Evil Empire.
So the occasions of latest days have been noteworthy. On high of a holdup of U-S support for Ukraine, former President Trump stated he may NOT come to the protection of a NATO ally who hadn’t spent sufficient on protection.
And Tucker Carlson, the erstwhile Fox information host, flew to Moscow to take a seat down with Vladimir Putin for greater than two hours of largely softball questions.
Afterward, he pronounced Putin “impressive” on stage on the World Government Summit.
So what offers? Why the romance between the American proper and Russia?
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This episode was produced by Karen Zamora, Connor Donevan and Marc Rivers. It was edited by Sarah Handel and Courtney Dorning.
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