It’s the Russian gambit. Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping that his increased attacks on Ukraine and repeated dismissal of cease-fire deals will make President Trump so angry and frustrated with the peace process that America will give up on Ukraine altogether,

President Donald Trump's willingness to come to the table comes just after he condemned Russia’s recent large-scale strike against Ukraine.

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If Trump were to pull this off, he, too, would change the course of history—isolating China, guaranteeing European security, and solidifying American global primacy. But the plan—known as a “reverse Nixon” in foreign-policy circles—could easily backfire.

The American president’s preference for praising and excusing the Russian leader has yielded no progress toward peace in Ukraine.

Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume had a hard time parsing some recent comments by President Donald Trump. Trump expressed disappointment in Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has said he will only be able to determine "in about two weeks" whether Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is deceiving him about his intention to bring peace to Ukraine. Source: Trump's comments to journalists at the White House,

US President Donald Trump has unleashed a furious outburst against Vladimir Putin, accusing the Russian leader of 'tapping us along' amid peace talks with Ukraine