On the world stage, US – Russia relations have always been that of a show of strength. America’s victory over the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), now Russia, was the product of the power of its democracy and this has gone a long way to format US Policy towards Russia.

Trump, since coming to power, has attempted to reverse this state of affairs. On the face of it, it seems like a President easing tensions, except there was 2016. Russia is known to have meddled in US elections in favour of Trump. There is therefore hardly a disconnect between a Russian straw-man version of Trump and Trump’s soft approach towards Russia, going as far as advocating the villainous country’s admission into the G7 summit. This caused a row in the recent G7 summit but Trump, stubborn as he is, says he’ll invite Russia to the next G7.

BRETT SAMUELS has the story in The Hill. See full story here.