> rump showed a fondness for Putin but didn't do anything that would benefit Russia, quite the opposite. I would count photo ops with Putin and Kislyak in the

> rump showed a fondness for Putin but didn't do anything that would benefit Russia, quite the opposite. I would count photo ops with Putin and Kislyak in the WH as a win, but not as big as Trump blackmailing Ukraine or openly floating a U.S. pullout from NATO. We're talking about the same Trump, right? The Russians and Ukrainians I have met in the U.S. all bring up corruption, not the failure of socialism. They tend to be pretty clear on their politics.