Two weeks before the meeting with the head of Russia Vladimir Putin from the plans of US President Donald Trump to make a "big deal" with Russia there was nothing left - the American president has his hands tied up.
This is on the pages of Rzeczpospolita wrote columnist Jedrzej Beletsky, reports ZN. Ua.
He recalled that special adviser Robert Muller is investigating possible links between Trump's election headquarters and the Kremlin, and this case, in the worst case, can lead to the impeachment of the president. In addition, last week the Senate almost unanimously supported the aggravation of sanctions against Russia for interfering in the American election process. In this situation, the broad gestures of the White House against Vladimir Putin may not only face resistance from Democrats and Republicans in Congress, but also greatly weaken the US president.
The author emphasized that at the same time, Moscow's policy does not promote reconciliation. Russia stubbornly does not cooperate with America in Syria and does not want to fulfill any conditions of the Minsk agreements. Moscow also withdrew from the agreements on nuclear disarmament, because the nuclear arsenal remained the only attribute of its "superpower". In addition, the Kremlin now does not have a policy that would, like Dmitry Medvedev once, give hope for the liberalization and modernization of the regime.
According to Beletsky, Trump does not prepare any "gifts" for Moscow, unlike Barack Obama, who 8 years ago, seeking opportunities to "reset" relations with Russia, refused to deploy missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic.
"Moreover, he is going to come to Warsaw on July 6 to show that, according to the traditional republican policy, he is going to talk with Putin from the position of strength. He not only is not going to weaken the American presence in Central Europe, but he also intends to confirm in the Polish capital that America will defend its NATO allies, "the author writes.
Nor did the other diplomatic maneuver that Trump. Experts suspected that the US president could try to isolate China through rapprochement with Russia. But it happened vice versa. The White House has now begun to work more closely with Xi Jinping to stop the DPRK nuclear program.
"It is not known whether this cooperation will last long at a time when US-China trade is in short supply, and Beijing is strengthening its position in the North China Sea and is pursuing a tough policy towards Taiwan. But in any case, in Washington, few believe that Putin would have risked coming into conflict with a strong Chinese neighbor in order to fulfill the whims of Trump, "Beletsky said..
As reported by the "Observer", previously in the White House did not confirm the personal meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, within the framework of the forthcoming G20 summit,.
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