Under the pressure of the American establishment, Trump markedly corrected those positions in relation to Russia, which he adhered to during his election campaign. And this was a continuous praise of Putin or that he was not sure whether the annexation of Crimea. Just Trump's trip to Europe once again exposed these contradictions. For example, Tusk, after meeting with Trump, said that the parties do not entirely agree on Russia.

But the Europeans' greatest disappointment was that Trump did not squeeze out the words about NATO's commitment to Article 5 of the Charter on Collective Defense. On the readiness of the US to defend NATO countries in the event of Russian aggression. But this is one side of the coin.

The other side is that after all he signed the declaration G-7. For the first time the responsibility for disrupting the Minsk agreements rests with the Russian side and is confirmed that sanctions will not be lifted. By the way, the issue of sanctions. For example, the vacillations of the American delegation. At first, everyone was apprehensive about the statement of the economic adviser Trump, they say, we have not yet decided the issue with the sanctions. But apparently under the pressure of colleagues on the G-7 on the final day, the Americans said toughly that there can be no question of lifting the sanctions, but on the contrary - one can only expect their strengthening.

In general, the reaction of Putin's opponents in Russia and Ukraine is the same as in the American establishment: it's good that Trump did not do much stupid things in Europe.

But it is worth noting that it is generally not words that matter, but deeds. Trump submitted to the Congress a draft budget, which provides for a large increase in military spending for the maintenance of US forces in Europe. It is about increasing this funding by 50-60%. This is real support for NATO to contain potential Russian aggression. Here is such an inconsistent picture.

But the most indicative for evaluating Trump's visit to Europe is Merkel's rather unexpected statement: "in recent days I realized that Europe, in the matter of security, must rely primarily on itself".

Why did she come to such a rather gloomy conclusion? Here is the former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul wrote on his Twitter, that at a private meeting of the G-7, Trump did some nonsense. They led Merkel and her colleagues to the conclusion that it is still difficult to rely on this person.

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