President Donald Trump says 'getting along with Russia is a good thing', while conceding that 'maybe we won't'. The United States recently said it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow. Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election, drawing sharp criticism from fellow Republicans. But, in another sign of mixed messaging, Trump two days later named John Bolton, a strident Russia hawk, to become his national security adviser.