“I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace than to risk peace in pursuit of politics,” Trump 2018.
Obama talked about “pressing the reset button.” to symbolize a possible new start in U.S./Russian relations, which “crashed” at the time.
In 2001, President George Bush "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. A man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country."