The head of the White House, Donald Trump, ignored the direct instruction of his team concerning Russia. In particular, he congratulated Vladimir Putin on winning the election, although he was categorically forbidden to do it. "On all the information received by Trumpom and letters from the national security advisors, it was written in large letters" not to congratulate "Putin with re-election," reports The Washington Post. However, Trump either did not read the papers, preparing for a telephone conversation with the Kremlin, or simply acted in his own way. After a conversation with Putin, Trump told reporters that he congratulated his Russian counterpart on winning the election, wished him successful work in the next six years, and suggested that he think about the date of the personal meeting. Few of this, when choosing topics for discussion, Trump again showed self-will. The parties talked about the problem of the DPRK, the situation in Syria, arms control.

However, they did not even recall the Skripal case, although the head of the White House, in terms of a conversation prepared by his advisors, wrote in black and white about the need to condemn Moscow for allegedly poisoning its former scout. Trump also preferred not to join the chorus of voices singing to Britain, for which he already shook from his. Senator John McCain said that "the American president, congratulating dictators on winning false elections, is not the head of the Free World".