Able Quote by Evan Osnos

What Donald Trump is determined to do, as someone who has spent a lifetime looking for deals, is to see if we can have…

— Mike Pence

Russia has a common interest in confronting radical Islamic terrorism and especially ISIS. And if we have opportunities to work together I think President…

— Mike Pence

There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in its content,…

— Van Jones

I meet with ambassadors from all countries in my role as a member of Congress, and you always have better relationships with those you…

— Adam Kinzinger

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

My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where…

— Barack Obama

Donald Trump said that he thinks he can get along very, very well with Vladimir Putin and have very, very good relations with Russia.…

— Philip Gordon

I'm concerned about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia that ignores Russia's aggressiveness in its near abroad. I'm concerned about the willingness to question alliances…

— James Franklin Jeffrey

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

Donald Trump, for years, had been working with the Russians. He brought people on his campaign who had ties to the Russians.

— Eric Swalwell

I think what we're learning with the Trump Jr. meeting is when you meet with any Russians, you're meeting with Russian intelligence. And, therefore,…

— Mike Quigley

Donald Trump is much more suspicious of international institutions; much more skeptical of the contributions that America's traditional allies have made; more willing, in…

— Richard N. Haass