Though you wouldn’t know from the smiles around the table at the White House this week, a trap has been set by Vladimir Putin designed to split the United States from its European allies.

As Karoline Leavitt browbeats reporters for failing to hail Trump as a world-historical peacemaker, an international relations expert explains the deeper reasons his handling of the Russia-Ukraine talks is so alarming.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Alaska on Friday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump will mark nearly a decade since the leader last stepped foot in the country.

Russia has yet again ignored Donald Trump’s bid to hold a summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and said attempts to resolve security issues for Kyiv without Moscow’s participation was a “road to nowhere”.

Former CIA Director John Brennan raised the possibility in a Saturday interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have planted a chip in the presidential limousine when he joined President Trump for a ride to their summit on Friday.

President Donald Trump showed no such restraint when his old friend, Vladimir Putin, arrived for talks in Alaska last week. He had his staff lay out a red carpet, treating Putin as an honored guest in the land of the brave.