Trump und Putin: die fragile Beziehung, die die Welt verändern wird
https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/trump-and-putin-the-fragile-relationship-that-will-change-the-world-lfv2n8zg2?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1737872667
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***From The Times:***
With Trump back in office and Putin’s war in Ukraine potentially headed towards some kind of endgame, the direction of world affairs seems dependent on how well these two men can get along — or, at the very least, understand each other. What, we are again left wondering, is the real nature of their relationship?
Trump’s unusual approach towards his Russian adversary only encouraged the speculation. Even before the 2016 election, when [Putin](https://www.thetimes.com/topic/vladimir-putin) delivered the back-handed compliment that Trump was “a very colourful person” — which in Russian implies a certain theatrical flamboyance — the future US president replied that it was a “great honour” to be praised by a man “so highly respected within his own country and beyond”.
The pair have met five times in person. At their first meeting in Germany, Trump took his interpreter’s notes and told him not to disclose what he had heard. At the dinner that followed, Trump pulled up a chair next to Putin to engage him in a private conversation.
Since November’s election, the long saga of Donald and Vladimir has come back to the fore, not least because Trump’s victory seems to usher in a new era of personalistic politics in the world.
The state of humanity is dire when the whims and preselections of less than 10 people can rule the fate of billions. If it comes down to the decisions of only two, then our civilization is forfeit. We are lost.
Billions of people must have more strength and power than only a handful of individuals?
I’d love to know what incriminating evidence Putin has over Trump. There has to be a reason that Trump kisses Putin’s ass on the regular.