Don't expect any US-Russia rapprochement on Trump's Watch

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : During his first term, Trump took several actions that aimed at undermining Russia's military strategy and economy.
50% : A talented businessman, Trump may be able to transition U.S.-Russia relations from hostile onto a transactional basis.
47% : "There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
46% : Trump sanctioned the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, founded the U.S. Space Force, ordered the development of a low-yield, nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile and authorized an operation that killed 300 of Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries in Syria.
36% : In 2017, Putin summed up his realpolitik relationship with Trump.
34% : If you thought Trump and Putin were buddies, don't be fooled.
31% : Trump is highly unlikely to overcome it.
31% : That is why Putin will almost certainly not accept, as part of the peace settlement Trump seeks to broker between Russia and Ukraine, anything less than formal legal guarantees from NATO, precluding Ukraine's membership.
30% : Trump pointed to the fact that "600,000 Russian soldiers lay wounded or dead, in a war that should never have started, and could go on forever."
29% : Putin does not trust Trump, despite the seemingly positive rapport between the two.
19% : Trump said Russia is in a "weakened state right now," because of "Ukraine and a bad economy.

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