New Delhi, July 15 -- Six month ago US President Donald Trump had pledged he would measure his success by "the wars we end" and "the wars we never get into". Six month ago, Donald Trump had praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an approach seemingly different from his predecessor Joe Biden regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.

When Russia was preparing to invade Ukraine in 2022, Donald Trump had called Putin a "genius" for moving to seize large swaths of territory - applauding what he viewed as hard-line negotiation tactics.

"How smart is that? And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper," Trump had said, adding: "Here's a guy who's very savvy. I know him very well."

Six month later, US president Donald Trump threatened Putin with ...