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Citation needed. I keep seeing this claim, but I haven't seen anything that shows a particularly strong relationship between the Dorito-in-Chief and the Russian Mobster far above or beyond what earlier presidents have had.
"Citation needed" means you should go off find some evidence, or some counter-evidence, rather than expecting me to work for you at zero expense and effort to yourself. You're not an IT contactor agent are you?
But, just this once, because the choice is between doing this displacement activity and starting an (unpaid) programming task in some tedious and feature poor 1970s vintage language called C, I'll make an exception.
First, some background. These two articles explain what has happened in past presidencies. There is a period of good relations, which leads to a temporary "reset" in the antagonism between the two presidents and their countries. In the cases other than Trump, it has lasted a very short time before Russia's actions mean that normal frosty service is resumed.
"While the Clinton, Bush, and Obama resets didn’t last, they provided periods of respite in the historically tense ties and allowed both sides to achieve important policy goals. Ironically, Trump’s affinity for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, is the main reason for his inability to put the relationship on a more stable footing."
https://www.fpri.org/article/2018/12/the-reset-that-wasnt-the-permanent-crisis-of-u-s-russia-relations/
"In June 2000, the new Russian leader hosted President Bill Clinton at the Kremlin. During the two days of talks, as well as a joint news conference dominated by arms control and missile defense, the two leaders were polite but reserved; a notable change from the personal warmth that had characterized the relationship between Clinton and Putin’s predecessor Boris Yeltsin. "
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/07/03/the-dark-history-of-u-s-presidential-summits-with-putin/
Now for some more detail on summits:
"For the most part, the two world leaders were more friendly toward one another than Trump's predecessors were. Putin met the last four US presidents since he took office in the 1990s."
https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-met-obama-bush-trump-clinton-us-presidents-2018-7?r=US&IR=T#june-2001-putin-and-former-president-george-w-bush-3
"Unlike summits with prior presidents, which had been scripted in every detail, Trump apparently intended to wing it, and meet with Putin alone with no aides present who might preserve a record of what was said. The extraordinary friendliness that Trump had shown towards Putin led to the widespread suspicion that Putin might have some kind of hold over Trump, or even that Trump is a Russian agent."https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/07/29/understanding-the-trump-putin-bromance
And an important component is the constant uncritical praise that Trump has for Putin when they are not together in the same room.
"Donald Trump is on record as praising Putin at least as early as 2008, when he compared Putin to then-US President George W. Bush and indicated that Putin was the better leader of the two."
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/media/departmental/interpol/images/Dr-Jeny-Matthers---Paper---The-Trump---Putin-Relationship.pdf
"During the campaign, Trump repeatedly praised Putin and downplayed objections to Russia’s seizure of Crimea. In one extraordinary campaign rally, he called on Russia to hack emails from former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who happened to be his rival for the presidency. "
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trump-russia-putin-burden/580477/
Now, reaching for my pencil, how do I declare a pure virtual class in C?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
