RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-3-18] said he might get along quite well with Russian President Vladimir Putin — or that he might not. ‘I think I could have a very good relationship with President Putin,’ Trump said. ‘There is also a great possibility that that won’t happen. Who knows, OK?’ Speaking at a White House joint news conference with the presidents of three Baltic states, Trump boasted that ‘nobody has been tougher on Russia,’ but insisted more open lines of communication between himself and the controversial Russian leader would benefit the U.S.”
–Quint Forgey and Cristiano Lima, “Trump: I could have ‘very good relationship’ with Putin,” Politico, April 3, 2018 3:25pm