"First, flatter the person (Russian president Vladimir Putin) with whom you are negotiating, calling him a ‘genius’, ‘savvy’ and ‘very smart.’
Disregard (former US President) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1940 warning that ‘no man can tame a tiger
into a kitten by stroking it.’”
George F. Will, American columnist, in a tongue-in-cheek opinion piece titled,
"Behold, the artful dealmaker: Trump
working his magic on Putin,” referring
to US President Donald Trump’s approach
to resolving the Russian invasion
of Ukraine, The Washington Post,
May 7, 2025
"I didn’t get an education. The
school wouldn’t allow us to take
so much leave. My mother kept a
tutor but you don’t want to study after a day......