President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. I have written an (unsolicited) backgrounder deliberately for President Trump; short, simple and with his stated views on Russia in mind ahead of this week’s meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents. Putin does not want to build democracy and has even become suspicious of free enterprise. Russian interference in our 2016 presidential election: You must signal clearly to the Russian president that you know exactly what he did. It is up to you to set a tough but pragmatic tone for your interactions with the Russian president for the next four years.

Source: Washington Post July 04, 2017 00:22 UTC