That suggests Trump is the person in charge, but there is more evidence of the contrary. I can name a bunch of times where Trump was expected to do A but then after a call from Putin suddenly went and did B. Yet I can’t name a single time where it was the other way around. I consider it quite likely Putin has some sort of information that he is holding over Trump. Considering the morals Trump displays I wouldn’t be surprised if he did something he doesn’t want people to know about