If the Russian president can get his US counterpart dancing to his tune, eight decades of trans-Atlantic solidarity could be ruptured.
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London | There’s a Russian proverb, recalled this week by Roderic Lyne, a former British ambassador to Moscow, that goes: “If you dance with a bear, it’s not you who decides when the dance ends – it’s the bear.”
US President Donald Trump is tangoing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And, on the face of it, the Moscow man is leading the dance, and calling the tune.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/putin-trump-phone-call-brings-europe-s-day-of-reckoning-ever-closer-20250319-p5lkn0
