After a peaceful prelude to Russia, the Donald Trump administration is giving Moscow diplomatic rhetoric, making the prospect of a strategic alliance between the two countries fuzzy.
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer opened the press conference with a statement announcing the US "strongly condemned" Russia's arrest of hundreds of people, including Alexei. Navalny - celebrity criticized President Vladimir Putin - in the campaign to protest last weekend.
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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. (Photo: Express) |
The message contains the strongest words that Trump's White House has for the Putin government, which has surprised many Russians and wondered whether the new president would allow his administration to condemn Moscow's actions. or not.
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump regularly pledged to look for a friendly relationship with Moscow, but the dialogue between the two sides has cooled down in recent weeks, in the context of the campaign's relationship. Trump and Russia are under investigation.
According to experts, Putin is extremely sensitive to US criticism of his political actions in the country. And the Kremlin boss may be angry. But it remains unclear whether the message Sean Spicer makes reflects a carefully thought-out policy.
To this point, many important positions in charge of Russia at the Foreign Ministry and the Pentagon are still empty. A White House official said the director of the National Security Council on Russia, Fiona Hill, had not yet begun work.
In recent weeks, the Kremlin also pointed to the Donald Trump administration sharp words. Last Saturday, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman accused Trump of embargo on companies dealing with Syria, Iran and North Korea. The list of fines has 8 Russian companies.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova stressed that her government was "concerned and puzzled" at the US action.
Zakharova "blames" US action "which undermines the prospects of establishing a comprehensive multilateral cooperation" to counter terrorism. "Washington once again followed the orders of those who considered destroying Russian-US cooperation a top priority," Zakharova wrote.
And just before Mr Spicer's speech on March 27, senior Russian diplomats gushed deep in the news that the March 17 shooting killed 200 civilians in the city of Mosul. Iraq. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described him as "startled" by information about the attack, and said Moscow had requested a special meeting at the UN Security Council.
"I do not think anyone in the Pentagon wants to hear the Russians lecturing about what's going on in Mosul," Politico led the commentary of former US White House chief Bill Clinton's Andrew Weiss. .
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