American Quote by Franklin Foer

Trump's affinity for Russia dates back at least to the late 1980s, during the time of the Soviet Union, and it intensified after his…

— Joy Reid

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

— Eric Swalwell

Russian government was in contact with multiple [Donald] Trump campaign sources while they were doing [attacks]. Russian nemesis in the American government, U.S. State…

— Rachel Maddow

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

Donald Trump is an American presidential nominee who was describing Russia in terms that they haven't heard almost ever. And so there is a…

— Evan Osnos

We've got [evidence] of direct Russian government connections with the [Donald] Trump campaign, during the campaign, while the Russian government was interfering in our…

— Rachel Maddow

People knew Trump had strange relationships with the Russians even before he was elected. Consequently, there is every reason to investigate whether Donald Trump…

— Richard Painter

That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know…

— Angus King

Putin really assumed that once Trump - who had such clear admiration for him - was elected, it would be convenient for Trump to…

— Masha Gessen

Telephone contacts, of course, cannot give you the perfect picture of each other's personality. But at least, during those contacts, and before the election,…

— Dmitry Peskov

I don't think it's all that unusual for a new president to want to get along with the Russians. I remember George W. Bush…

— Mitch McConnell

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