Pictured on the American coat of arms, the eagle clearly prefers arrows than the olive branch, which he holds in his paws.. So says Russian President Vladimir Putin, with which he shared at today's meeting with advisor to the head of the White House on national security John Bolton. “As I recall, the United States’s coat of arms depicts an eagle, on the one hand it holds 13 arrows, and on the other hand, an olive branch as a sign of a peace-loving policy, with 13 olives,” Putin said..

“Question: did your eagle already eat all the olives, were there just one arrow?” He asked with a Bolton smile. At the same time, the president noted that he was referring to a specialist in the field of disarmament. Assistant to Donald Trump admitted that "the olive branch and olives with him did not bring". "I thought so," - the head of the Russian Federation responded. "If you remember, the olive branch is located in the right paw of an eagle, so that it demonstrates its priorities in this way," said Bolton.

Putin immediately reminded that on the coat of arms of the USA there is also the inscription "Unity in diversity". “Therefore, despite the different approaches, it is possible and necessary to look for all the same points of contact, I think so,” said the President..

Bolton stressed that "this is the intention" of the United States and the slogan. Putin preceded his commentary on the American coat of arms with a speech about the continuing unfriendly decisions of Washington against Moscow, which does not react to them. "We practically don’t even respond to any of your steps.. No, it's all going on and on, "the Russian leader said. In addition, he said that despite the sanctions, the trade turnover between Russia and the States, "oddly enough," is growing: - in 2018.

by 16%, this year - by 8%. “This is not enough in absolute terms, very little, but nevertheless there is such a tendency and, by the way, with a positive balance for the United States,” Putin noted..

If you return again to the state symbol of the United States, it is necessary to recall that the head of the eagle is really turned in the direction of the paw that holds the olive branch, characterizing by this US peace policy. Meanwhile, the latest actions of Trump, who announced the withdrawal of the Americans from the Treaty on Medium and Short Range Missiles, signed between Moscow and Washington in 1987. , quite reasonably caused such an interpretation of the coat of arms of the United States by the Russian president.