In two thousand and 16 a remarkable thing happened. The united states elected as president donald trump. And now we had a situation in which an american president appeared to both like and admire and possibly even respect, vladimir putton. What did that do for potton, in his mind, to have the respect of an American president? I got em. Yes.
The Russian president has come to rely on a skewed version of history and an increasingly small circle of advisers. Journalist Marvin Kalb explains what that means for the war in Ukraine.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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