In the Spring of 2018, the United States and Russia found themselves diplomatically at odds, with the potential for direct military conflict between the two nuclear powers not 100 percent out of the question. Why?
The Trump administration suspended all diplomatic relations over Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election.
A Russian pilot had been shot down by U.S. fighter jets over Iraq.
They differed how to react to a supposed chemical attack by the Syrian regime.
Russian authorities had begun to make overtures for the return of Alaska.
