Quote by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U.S.,"…

— David Brooks

“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European Union, weaken…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions of people who have been lied to, cheated, who lost out in the…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just…

— Newt Gingrich

My impression is that Putin feels that he can basically manipulate the West to do what he ultimately wants to achieve, and that he…

— Leon Panetta

With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

— Bernie Ecclestone

Putin has made a habit of supporting far-right candidates who undermine his foes in Europe; perhaps he never could have imagined such a character…

— Franklin Foer

Putin himself is a character out of fiction, an uber-macho former Soviet thug running a massive, expansionist kleptocracy. The man stages photographs riding horses…

— Ben Shapiro

“Trump’s repeated brags about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the nature of Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin.”

— Michael Wolff

Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with somebody who…

— Masha Gessen

Putin is just maneuvering. He wants to be respected. He wants to be an important player in global politics. He wants people to negotiate…

— Ilya Ponomarev

Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the Kremlin, schoolboyish…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore