Trump’s former team says he’s 'enamored' with Putin — political analyst

He expressed this opinion on Espreso TV. 

“If we believe, again, the memoirs of the previous team that worked with Trump during his first term, particularly the national security advisor, he writes that Trump is almost in love with Putin. He has some kind of feeling of this so-called ‘chemistry’ with Putin. That is, he likes him as a leader,” he said.  

Therefore, in Viktor Shlinchak’s opinion, this sympathy of Donald Trump is reflected in his decisions regarding Russia.  

“And this is transferred, including, this sympathy is transferred to some of his decisions. Accordingly, when we talk about the image of our president, there is little sympathy there, considering a certain number of things that have been catching up with Trump since 2020,” the political scientist believes.  

• On April 11, the special representative of the U.S. president, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Russia. In St. Petersburg, he held a meeting with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, which lasted more than four hours. At the same time, the White House called this “a step towards a ceasefire” in Ukraine.  
• On May 5, the spokesman for the Russian dictator, Dmitry Peskov, stated that as of mid-May, Vladimir Putin has no planned visits to the Middle East, which was considered a possible venue for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.