1) Obama "reset" our relationship with Russia even though Russia continued to hold pieces of the country of Georgia that they had taken by force.
2) Obama let a Russian company get control of 20% of US Uranium reserves.
3) Obama canceled a missile defense system for Europe which was designed to prevent Iran from being able to blackmail the EU because Putin didn't like it.
4) Obama was caught telling a senior Russian official to tell Putin that after the election he, Obama, would be able to be more accommodating of what Putin wanted.
5) Obama refused to sell lethal aid to the Ukraine to fight off the Russian invasion.
6) Obama set up a deal with Iran, a Russian client in the Middle East, so that Iran would be able to develop nuclear weapons once Obama was out of office.
7) When the Russian client running Syria used chemical weapons against civilians Obama did nothing despite having proclaimed that to be a red line. Instead he turned the problem over to the Russians who we now know allowed their client to retain some chemical weapons.
Now let's look at how Trump has treated Putin:
1) Got Germany to cancel a massive natural gas deal with Russia which cost Putin billions.
2) Got NATO to significantly increase defense spending.
3) Increased sanctions on Iran to get them to stop nuclear weapon development.
4) Bombed the Russian client's air base in Syria in response to the Syrian government using chemical weapons against civilians.
5) Significantly increased US defense spending.
6) Provided lethal aid to Ukraine to help them fight off the Russian invasion.
7) Has told Russia to get their troops out of Venezuela.
8) Has increased sanctions on Russian entities.
The only thing that Trump has done that's positive vis a vis Putin is verbally complementing him. Which is what you do when you're negotiating with a narcissist like Putin.
As non-Democrats say actions speak louder than words and it's clear that Obama's foreign policy was far more in line with what Putin wanted that Trump's has been.
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