Once again, US-Russia tensions soar despite Trump
Once again, US-Russia tensions soar despite Trump
Donald Trump has spent much of the past four years musing about warmer ties with Russia. Top Democrats have demanded answers and even some Republicans have urged retaliation after reports, first published by The New York Times, that a Russian unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill US-led forces in Afghanistan. The furor comes weeks after Trump again offered an olive branch to President Vladimir Putin, speaking of inviting him to an expanded summit of the Group of Seven, from which Russia was kicked out over its 2014 takeover of Crimea.