A senior Russian diplomat said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration's contradictory actions and words made it difficult though Moscow was dedicated to working on improving ties with Washington.

After days of expressing displeasure with his latest phone call with Putin, Trump went even further at a Cabinet meeting.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, looking at U.S. President Donald Trump during the welcoming ceremony prior to the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 30, 2018.

US President Donald Trump said it is “possible” that Vladimir Putin may seek to invade more countries beyond Ukraine. Speaking at the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump described the Russian leader as “misguided” and said ceasefire talks have been “more difficult than anyone had thought”.

Trump’s new foreign policy leans toward recognizing spheres of influence, departing from past interventionism and potentially avoiding future great power conflicts, especially with China, if handled with restraint and clarity.

NATO's Secretary-General has sounded the alarm on the escalating threat from Russia and China, suggesting their burgeoning partnership is edging the world closer to World War 3. Mark Rutte, who assumed his role in October 2024,

Those remarks also do not appear to contain a qualifier that Trump added after his public concession that Russia did, in fact, seek to sway the 2016 election. “It could be other people also.

Donald Trump reportedly said Ukraine needs more Patriot missiles to defend against Russian strikes, even as he pressed President Vladimir Putin to end the war, following call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A week ago today, Trump had an hourlong phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And after that, everything changed. The end of the affair: The U.S. president — who in January came into office claiming he could strike a peace deal with Putin on Day One;