Since you asked so nicely;

"...the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back. Because the Cold War has been over for 20 years."

"On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space."
"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."

Bill Clinton received a $500,000 speaking fee from a Russian bank tied to the Kremlin before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton helped decide whether to approve the sale to the Russian government of a company that held one-fifth of America’s uranium capacity.

Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a “reset button,” which she said “represents what President Obama and Vice President Biden and I have been saying and that is, 'We want to reset our relationship.' And so we will do it together.”

Eight months later, during a meeting with then-Russian President Dmitri Mevedev, Obama declared of US-Russian relations: “The reset button has worked.”



Frankly, I'm having a hard time understanding why dealing with the Russians is considered "bad".

Or is it only ok for American Socialists?

It's because conservatives have railed against russia until comrade trump got in and now they love putin. You can't have it both ways comrade.

This is the point I am making, товарищ.

You seem to be a bit confused. No one is defending Putin, no one. However, a witch hunt against Trump and claiming he is guilty of something, based on liberal whim, is tantamount to arresting a drunk on his way to the bar. It's ridiculous. There has not been ANY evidence of Trump collusion with Putin. NONE. That is why, the only explanation for your idiocy is your inability to accept your election failure. It's called denial.