Trump And Putin's Relationship Is On The Rocks. We Asked A Couples Therapist To Weigh In.
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The hallmarks featured within a toxic dynamic are there, she says.
Historically, President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have enjoyed a very special relationship ― at least if you’re viewing it through Trump’s perspective.
As far back as 2013, Trump was envisioning a friendship with the Russian authoritarian leader, whose allegiance to Trump has proved more ambiguous through the years.
“Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow — if so, will he become my new best friend?” Trump, the beauty pageant’s then-owner, tweeted in June 2013.
Later, Trump praised Putin as “a big hero in Russia” and “a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond.” (CNN has a more exhaustive list of Trump’s effusive remarks about Putin, if you’re into that sort of thing)
Putin has spoken admiringly of Trump here and there, including a compliment about Trump behaving like a “real man” after an assassination attempt last year.
