The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

Trump has pushed Russia out of Latin America and seized tankers while conceding nothing in Europe.

President Trump indicated that he was ready to commit to the United States being involved in Ukraine’s future defense — but only, he said, because he was confident that Russia would not try to invade the country again.

During an announcement from the Oval Office last year in August, Donald Trump interrupted his remarks to needlessly show reporters a photo of Vladimir Putin. "I thought you'd all like to see it," Krasnov Trump excitedly stated.

For the first time since returning to office, Donald Trump has swatted Vladimir Putin aside in a most humiliating fashion.

President Donald Trump appeared to signal his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin by sharing a New York Post editorial that sharply criticizes the Kremlin and argues Trump should “turn up the heat” on Russia.

Fiona Hill warned in 2019 of a “strange swap agreement” involving Venezuela and Ukraine. Seven years later, here we are.

President Trump’s efforts to court President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are rife with contradictions about stability and displays of American power.