Alliances Quote by Benjamin E. Sasse

Like Reagan, President Trump strives for good relations with all nations, including Russia. But no nation, including Russia, should doubt the president's commitment to…

— Robert C. O'Brien

President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. His choice for defense secretary views Russia as America's number one threat.

— Steve Inskeep

We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and seeing his…

— Barack Obama

While pursuing those relations with Russia, which are important - Russia is an important country - it is also important to stand by your…

— Philip Gordon

Donald Trump recognizes that a good leader is going to protect America's interests by making sure that we have a relationship with Russia: that…

— Sean Spicer

I think Donald Trump needs to be very clear to Vladimir Putin. Let's try to discover areas we can work together. That's fine. We're…

— Adam Kinzinger

Hillary Clinton's Russian re-set policy gave Moscow permission to go from privately challenging U.S. foreign policy to publicly moving military hardware into Syria to…

— Richard Grenell

What you have in President Trump is someone who is willing to, and is, in fact, engaging the world, including Russia, and saying, where…

— Mike Pence

Vladimir Putin likes Donald Trump because he supports this view of the world, that the big guys can carve it up, sit and talk…

— Garry Kasparov

Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and advanced submarines;…

— James G. Stavridis

President Putin and President Trump are very much alike in their basic approach to international relations.They both insist on their priority as national interest.…

— Dmitry Peskov