Bill Still – Donald Trump doesn’t mess around when it comes to taking immediate action. Just 18 hours ago, President-elect Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin did something in a few minutes over the telephone that President Obama couldn’t do in the entire 8 years of his presidency.
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In one phone conversation yesterday, they agreed to begin the process of normalizing Russian-American bilateral relations.
Putin and Trump spoke of the need for readjustment of trade issues for mutual benefit, as well as joint efforts in fighting their common #1 enemy – international terrorism and extremism.
Historians believe the relationship started in 1809 when President Thomas Jefferson sent John Quincy Adams as the first ambassador to Russia. Adams, along with his wife and son then traveled to Russia to meet with Czar Alexander I.
According to a statement issued by the Kremlin at 22:30 local time:
“Diplomatic relations … would meet the interests of both countries, [as well as] stability and security throughout the world.”
Trump agreed to talk by telephone again, as well as meet face-to-face shortly after the Trump’s Inauguration.