It is a matter of 2018. Trump and Putin were meeting. The place was Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The meeting took place just after the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by Russia. Trump and Putin were standing in front of the press conference. At that time, Putin gave a football to Trump and said, “Mr President I will give this ball to you. And now the ball is in your court.” That is, Mr. President, I am giving this ball to you now and now the ball is in your court.
The matter was about football here. But those who understand diplomacy know that this was a symbolic gesture. This meant meaningful discussion on Syria, Ukraine and nuclear weapons at that time. Apart from this, the two most powerful countries in the world were walking along.
In 2016, Putin said in Helsinki that he wants to see Trump as President. When Trump came to power in 2016, there was a lot of discussion about the alleged Russian Dakhldaji in this US election.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian President Putin and Us President Donald Trump in 2018, Holding Talks at the Helsinki Summit.
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Trump-Putin’s ‘Bromans’ and Biden’s ‘killer’ address
In 2020, Trump farewell to power. After this, nothing has changed if Biden came to power. Biden and America’s policy regarding Russia was being seen only through the glasses of the Cold War. Biden considered Putin as the traditional enemy of America and called Putin a ‘killer’. Biden saw Putin as a leader who was necessary to control, while Putin considered Biden a symbol of American imperialist policies.
In 2025, Trump returned again in his second innings and Putin and Trump’s ‘Bromans’ is again in discussion in the media. After Trump’s re -coming to power (January 20, 2025), Putin congratulated him and proposed a conversation for “prolonged peace”, Trump said in response that he would “talk with Putin” soon, “the discussion of his” bromance “started again.
Trump had said on 21 January the same day after the swearing -in, he wants to end Ukraine Jung soon. Trump repeatedly said that he wants ‘good relations’ with Putin. Trump argues that better relationships with Russia will be beneficial for global peace. Putin also expressed his desire to work with Trump, especially after the 2024 election, when he accepted Trump’s victory with a “open mind” and offered a conversation.
The question arises whether Trump and Putin are redefined the relationship between the two superpowers of the world. After all, why does President Trump want to improve the relationship with Russia and Putin?
Anti-US block and trump concern
We have the same question Robinder Sachdev, a foreign affairs expert and author of the book ‘Trumpotopia’ written on Donald Trump asked the. He says, “The biggest reason for President Trump to improve relationship with Russia is that Russia believes that Russia is not originally an enemy of America, and this long-running America-Russia confrontation is not in the interest of both countries. Trump believes that Russia has gone close to China by putting more pressure on Russia, which has made a strong anti-immune block. There is scope to re -connect with Western countries. “
Some similar opinion Defense expert waist agaa Keep it In a conversation with Aaj Tak.in, he said, “America wants to separate Russia from China at all costs. Because coming on one platform is a big tension and challenge for America. America cannot deal with China’s challenges by taking a conflict with Russia.”
Qamar Aga said that America has understood that Russia cannot be broken. Can not remove Putin. They enjoy support of both the Army and Church of two Centers of Russian Power. At first, America was in this war because American policy makers felt that Putin would be removed but this could not happen.
Robinder Sachdev says that Trump’s priority is to end the Ukraine War, which he considers to bring stability in Europe and achieve a big diplomatic victory, which can benefit his party in the 2026 Congress elections. The removal of the ban on Russia will stabilize the global energy market, which will reduce inflation in the US and reduce the cost of energy. Due to these strategic, diplomatic and economic factors, Trump is trying to bring back the relationship with Putin back on track.
Defense experts Qamar Aga also believe that the American economy is in the crisces. He said that Donald Trump is nurturing American interests by improving American relations with Russia.
On such an occasion, Russia has invited America to invest in its place. Not only this, Russia has said that America can also invest money on the land of Ukraine where Russia is currently occupied. Significantly, Russia occupies 18 percent of Ukraine. If the relationship between Russia America is good then America will invest in the metal industry in Russia.
The shadow of cold war and expectation of future
Significantly, the relationship between America and former USSR has been very complicated. After World War II, America and Russia’s relationship is the story of two most powerful nations in the world in skepticism, rivalry, espionage, counter spy, cover and overt operation.
Cold War, historically defined as ideological and military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s to 1991, was formally terminated with the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
But the world could not get out of the shadow of cold war. The word “Cold War” is often used today to show the increased tension between the US and Russia. Such as Ukraine, Syria or Cyber ​​Conflict.
Can Trump-Putin coordination end such stresses permanently? This is a question that safety experts and think tanks see with cautious analysis rather than fixed forecasts.
This friend is of Trump and Putin
In an article written for the American think tank Brucking Institute, expert Robert Kagan clearly stated that America and Russia are not ally, but this friend is of Trump and Putin. It is a matter of 2018 when the discussion of Trump-Putin’s bromance started. Rogberg Kagan said that he belongs to a common perspective of the liberal world system, which was helped by the United States seven decades ago. Both leaders want destruction of this.
We asked Robinder Sachdev why Trump wants to befriend Putin by going against the traditional US foreign policy?
In response to this, he said that Trump believes that the traditional structure of US foreign policy, often called ‘deep state’, wrongly handled the relationship with Russia in the last decades, which led to unnecessary enmity and the general American people did not get any concrete benefit.
Robinder Sachdev believes that Trump believes that the policy of considering Russia as a permanent enemy brought Moscow closer to China, making a power alliance that became a challenge to the American global leadership directly. Relationship with Russia General Tax Trump wants China to strategically isolate, which is part of their long-term foreign policy strategy. In addition, Trump believes that Europe should take responsibility for its security itself.
The same thing is also called the waist Aga, according to which Israel is important not Europe for America. Where there is a store of crude oil. Actually America wants control over oil in the world.
According to Robinder Sachdev, if the US-Russia tension decreases, then there will be an opportunity for the US to reduce its financial and military burden on Europe’s security. Improvement of relations with Russia for Trump is not only limited to Russia, but it is part of their ‘America First’ strategy, in which American national interests are being renewed renewed, even though decades -old foreign policy traditions have to be broken.
It is worth noting that while addressing the US Parliament on Wednesday itself, Trump said that we have received a historic mandate, he said that now in modern history, for the first time more Americans believe that our country is moving in the right direction rather than wrong direction.
So will Trump-Putin’s friendship end the cold war of America-Russia forever?
Robinder Sachdev says, ‘It is very difficult to say that the Cold War of America-Russia will end forever with Trump and Putin’s friendship. The reason for this is that the basic strategic competition between the two countries in areas such as Europe, Arctic and Space is deeper than Trump and Putin’s personal friendship.
Even though Trump and Putin’s individual chemistry reduces tension for some time, the US National Security Foundation -including leaders of both Pentagon, CIA and Congress parties involve -Russia considers a long -term strategic threat. This thinking can emerge again as soon as any new President arrives after Trump.
Defense expert Robinder Sachdev said that even though Trump signs some economic and security agreements, there will be possibilities of deep mistrust and confrontation. More and more Trump can put this cold war in ‘cool storage’ -that is, can avoid open conflict for some time -but it will not be a permanent solution.