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A rock and a hard place: Trump, Russia and a century of bad blood

A rock and a hard place: Trump, Russia and a century of bad blood

A rock and a hard place: Trump, Russia and a century of bad blood A rock and a hard place: Trump, Russia and a century of bad blood, 27.69 MB

As President, Trump has largely dropped the pro-Russian rhetoric he had espoused as a candidate. To establish why, this piece first uses old newsreel footage to outline around a century of animosity between the USA and USSR.

After this, clips from Fox News and Russia Today demonstrate the often wildly different versions of events put forwards by the ruling parties of both countries.