“I looked in his eyes and saw his soul.” - George Bush on Putin
Although I don’t think he meant it quite the way it sounded, I wasn’t crazy about Bush either. I think with Bush it was more like him trying to put Putin on the spot (to behave in a trustworthy way). ie, “you’re a nice guy, you wouldn’t do anything to harm us, would you”? Why he thought he could do that with a guy like Putin, I have no idea.