Russia’s political and media establishmentheralded talks with Trump in Helsinki as a victory for Putin in breaking down Western resolve to treat Russia as a pariah. The praise from Russia’s elite for Putin’s performance contrasted sharply with the reaction in Washington where Trump’s own Republican party accused him of failing to stand up to Putin.
.@realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS arrive back in the US after eventful (to say the least) trip to Europe.
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The Helsinki summitoffered Trump a similar opportunity to that afforded Ronald Reagan at his historic Reykjavik meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, writes David A. Andelman. Instead, "the American president was outfoxed by a wily Russian leader playing from a position of unquestioned strength, toying with a deeply damaged counterpart."
Trump's post-summit press conferencein Helsinki will outrage his critics and unsettle European nations – and that may have been its purpose, writes Peter Apps. "Both Moscow and Pyongyang probably now have similar visions of how their relations with the U.S. administration might develop – a series of high-profile periodic meetings in which little is given up or gained, but in which dialogue continues."
World
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united states
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