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I understand that Trump gets a high from summitry, that he sees it as a return to the Reagan years, that he sees it as his best chance for the Nobel Peace Prize, but giving away all your cards before Putin will even agree to start talks is just folly.

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I can't help going all the way back to the Helsinki meeting during Trump's first term as president. What hold has Putin over Trump that every time they have a private meeting (or this time a phone call), that the result is always so positive to Putin?

What happened when Trump, as a businessman way back when, visited Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant?

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