Listening to President Donald Trump, he sounds like a heretic inside his own government: the lone official prepared to accept that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trustworthy and sincere.Nikki Haley, the president’s former ambassador to the United Nations, last week called Putin an enemy. National Security Adviser John Bolton has labeled Putin a liar. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was to meet with Putin today in Sochi, Russia, recently accused Putin’s government of undermining Venezuela’s sovereignty.Then there’s Trump, who seems hellbent on turning the former KGB operative into a personal friend. In a phone call earlier this month, the …read more
Source: The Atlantic
