Historically, President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have enjoyed a very special relationship ― at least if you’re viewing it through Trump’s perspective. As far back as 2013, Trump was envisioning a friendship with the Russian authoritarian leader,

When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine,

Russia's troop buildup on Ukraine's border raises tensions. Zelenskyy and Trump push for peace talks, but Moscow's refusal to hand over memorandum stalls negotiations.

But in recent weeks, the relationship has begun to show signs of strain.

Charlamagne Tha God said this week that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's egos could bring about "the end of civilization as we know it." Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email.

President Donald Trump, who recently said Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone "CRAZY," warned in a Tuesday post on Truth Social that Putin is "playing with fire"

U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg discusses the ongoing cease-fire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

The American president’s preference for praising and excusing the Russian leader has yielded no progress toward peace in Ukraine.

A Russian official said "Trump is not being sufficiently informed about what is really happening in the context of the Ukrainian-Russian confrontation."