“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”

US President Donald Trump said he was disappointed with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but did not refuse to engage with him. He also threatened Russia with new tariffs, reports the BBC. After meeting with the NATO Secretary General at the White House,