Putin ‘went through a phoney witch hunt’: why Trump fawns over Russian president

Putin ‘went through a phoney witch hunt’: why Trump fawns over Russian president

[South China Morning Post] - 03/9/2025

Experts say the US president likes to brag about his ties with the Kremlin chief because he ‘sees Putin as almost an aspirational figure’.



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