Putin showers Trump in compliments, with a catch

Highlights:

• The rift between Russia and the West: "We are a great power, and no one likes competition," said Putin. He later added, “Those who serve us with poison will eventually swallow it and poison themselves."
• Russia's growing power: "If we play strongly with weak cards, it means the others are just poor players, they aren’t as strong as it seemed, they must be lacking something.”
• Russia's expanding nuclear arsenal: “If someone makes a decision to destroy Russia, then we have a legitimate right to respond... Yes, it will mean a global catastrophe for mankind, for the entire world. But as a citizen of Russia and the head of Russian state I would ask: What is such a world for, if there were no Russia?”