Max Boot: Donald Trump’s siding with Vladimir Putin represents the most startling U-turn ever in US foreign policy
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in 2018 during the US president's first term of office. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Max Boot
US president Donald Trump’s affinity with Russian president Vladimir Putin is of long standing.
Who can forget his reply in 2015 when asked about Putin’s killing of journalists?
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