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After heaping so much praise on his Russian counterpart, Donald Trump’s view of Vladimir Putin has finally soured. 

But is the US president’s demand for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war within 50 days and a promise of US weapons for NATO really a sign that the bromance is over?

Today, Russia expert Matthew Sussex from the Centre for European studies at the ANU on how Putin’s still playing Trump. 

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Dr Matthew Sussex, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University