There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.

Putin actually struggles to predict the actions of Trump’s administration, which complicates ties.

Trump approved of two major arms sales to Ukraine during his last presidency. The latter sale in spring 2018 even included Javelin anti-tank missiles. Even Obama refused to conduct such action against Putin. The Trump administration even trained Ukrainian troops.

Putin doesn’t control Trump.

Or to quote someone else,

“He's arrogant, he won't listen to anyone, he doesn't know how to make a deal, and tries to cover up his shortcomings and insecurities by lying about everything. He's a petulant ten year old.

The Russians have know this for years. They've known about him ever since the Brighton Beach crowd started going to Atlantic City to launder their money in his casinos, where they saw how dependent Trump was on their business.”