President Trump wants to hit it off with Vladimir Putin, hoping to make Russia a friend of the United States. Contrary to the common perception that Russia is a natural enemy of the U.S., Russia is a natural friend . I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy,” then president George W. Bush said in 2001 after meeting Putin. Both would want bilateral trade deals andhave in Trump’s secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, a friend of Russia with a track record of negotiating successfully in Russia. Right from the start the warming in relations between the two should lead to an accelerated demise of ISIL.

Source: National Post February 11, 2017 10:52 UTC