Putin Has Played Trump

Putin has played Trump

The Russian president got exactly what he wanted out of the latest round of talks in Istanbul

When Vladimir Putin refused to come to peace talks in Turkey, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was already waiting for him, Ukrainians and European politicians saw it as proof that the Russian president was not interested in peace. In fact, it is no wonder Putin did not show up. Why? That and much more...

People often ask me: "What do the Russians have on Trump?" As if playing with compromising materials was the only option. After all, everyone has something on Trump. There were 90 cases pending against him in the courts. This is about something else - says Fiona Hill, a former advisor to Donald Trump in his first term and the author of a biography of Vladimir Putin, about the US-Russia talks.

German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger praises Donald Trump for starting talks with Vladimir Putin, but believes the US president's way of thinking about Russia is flawed.