Once, there was effusive coverage on Russian state media.
Once, Duma lawmakers offered champagne toasts and ovations to celebrate “our man in the White House.”
And once, above all else, there was optimism: a sense among Russians that, after years of deeply contentious relations between the Kremlin and the Obama administration, a Donald Trump presidency would usher in a new era in U.S.-Russian relations with Trump’s pledge to “do deals” with Vladimir Putin.
Yet, after a rocky month of mixed messages from the Trump White House, there are growing signs in Moscow that the Trump-Russian relationship is in need of serious counseling.
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Source: Magazetini
