Trump Reportedly Told Putin He’d ‘Act a Little Tougher’ With Him When Cameras Were Around

The former president spent over three years of his four-year term fending off against debunked claims that he had ‘colluded’ with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election, and introduced a series of policies hostile to Moscow, ranging from sanctions to a NATO buildup near Russia’s borders, to ‘prove’ that he wasn’t a Russian agent.