Rush Limbaugh Quotes

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

President Trump say that relations between the United States and Russia may be at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War.

Hillary Clinton's ready to pick a fight with Putin. So are the Republicans.

Russia is a difficult country to deal with, but I think that American policy on Russia has been foolish in the extreme.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union armed to the teeth. I think we're going to get along fine with Russia, and I don't see them as internationally ambitious.

The president sets the tone. He creates the atmosphere, and that can be enlightened, progressive, or it can be intimidating, depending on what the president's agenda is. I think the other dimension of this that I worry about is impacts overseas with friends and allies, many of whom are very, very concerned about America's position in the world and whether or not it's going to continue its leadership, which has been the prevalent condition since World War II.

People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.

With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.

I think it is a very natural tendency for the nations to increase their influence in the international space, as they pursue their international relations with different countries.

It's said that Putin can't stand Hillary Clinton. I don't know that for a fact, but it certainly looks that way, but I think her approach to Russia stands up pretty well.

It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons.

I would sooner want a strong partnership with the United States - even with (US President George W.) Bush, who I think is the worst president in a long, long time. I would sooner want a friendship with Bush than with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.

I think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.

People are really excited by Obama abroad because he seems to be the first American presidential candidate who has ambition to go out of the country. In a sense, with the power of globalization, you are kind of electing the leader of the Western world to an extent.

I think you know what's new about this the Democrat Party not liking the Russians. That's a first. The Democrat Party not liking the idea the Soviet Union back together.

I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.

The bloke who ends up sitting in the White House partially controls what we [the British] get up to.

We have a very strong politician of global stature, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. There is no one like him on the world stage.

Putin really assumed that once Trump - who had such clear admiration for him - was elected, it would be convenient for Trump to change the relationship with Russia profoundly and instantly.

We've just got to have American strength on the world stage. When Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the Russians and other countries in the world will know they're dealing with a strong American president.