Donald Trump believes that Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un now “respect” the United States, a contrast to a year ago when he said such respect did not exist.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised US President Donald Trump on Friday for his efforts to end the war in Ukraine and to improve relations between Washington and the Kremlin. Speaking to the state news agency TASS on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union summit in Minsk,

Vladimir Putin praised Donald Trump as courageous and open to dialogue, citing his survival of assassination attempts and willingness to end the Ukraine war. Trump called Putin “misguided” at NATO and acknowledged that resolving the conflict has been more difficult than expected.