Two foreign leaders have become more vexing to President Trump than he expected: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Each of them has complicated the political calculus for Trump on the world stage,

President Donald Trump's highly anticipated one-on-one summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin marks his latest effort at securing a peace deal over Ukraine, a priority in his second term. The meeting comes after a string of deals and agreements the White House said Trump has helped broker globally that should earn him something the president has long desired -- a Nobel Peace Prize.

In Trump’s telling, Putin tells him one thing, then does another. The Kremlin leader, whose relationship with Trump has been the subject of fascination for a decade, has gone “absolutely crazy” in his relentless waves of missile and drone attacks in Ukraine, Trump insists.

Global leaders and neighbours extended greetings to India on the 79th Independence Day on Friday while reaffirming strong bilateral ties with the country.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. - AFP, Getty Images President Donald Trump hasn’t found his recent phone calls with war-entangled leaders encouraging.

Trump’s frayed relationships with Putin and Netanyahu are impeding his foreign agenda (CNN) — President Donald Trump hasn’t found his recent phone calls with war-entangled leaders encouraging.

“Very disappointed,” Trump said of his last conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose war in Ukraine is only escalating, despite Trump’s efforts to end it.