Washington (CNN) — The last time President Donald Trump shared a room with Vladimir Putin, their relationship — perhaps the most scrutinized association of any two people in the entire world — was enjoying an upswing.

“We have had a very, very good relationship. And we look forward to spending some pretty good time together,” Trump said as their 2019 talks were getting underway in Japan. “A lot of very positive things going to come out of the relationship.”

Six years later, not much positive has happened when it comes to Russia and the United States. Putin invaded Ukraine a year after Trump left office. And in the months since he’s returned to the White House, Moscow has shown zero indication it will let up. Trump, once hopeful he might leverage his relationship with Putin into an end

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