In 2012, Mitt Romney, then the Republican Presidential candidate, was mocked by liberals after claiming Russia is America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe." Much of the U.S. right, particularly in Congress, still subscribe to anti-Kremlin positions, but a vocal minority have been taking positions that are either sympathetic towards, or openly supportive of, Vladimir Putin's Russia. In February 2022, just days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, former President Donald Trump praised Putin for the "very savvy" and "genius" move of declaring two regions of Eastern Ukraine, which were partly under the control of pro-Russian separatists, to be independent states. Trump...
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