For his part, Mr. Putin called the dissolution of the Soviet Union the 20th century’s worst catastrophe. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWilliam Taubman, an expert in Soviet history, said that Mr. Putin tapped into a long Russian preoccupation with being perceived as strong. Nixon, then vice president, wanted to avoid looking weak as he prepared to run for president; Khrushchev was posturing for both Soviet and American audiences. And in Poland on Thursday, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. Putin in the strongest term he’s used to date, although he again declined to state unequivocally that he believed Russia was solely responsible for meddling in the 2016 election. In this case, someone could get hurt.”So Mr. Trump has set himself up with little room to maneuver.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 22:52 UTC