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Moscow. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin changed their instincts, writes the Russian daily "Moskovsky Komsomolets" .
Sometimes too good – it's not good at all, but it's very bad. The meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki took place in a very "warm and friendly" atmosphere, which could become a source of major problems for Trump's internal political positions as well as the prospect of normalizing Russian relations. American
Of course, we do not know exactly what happened during the closed part of the summit – the part that is usually much larger than a public exchange of official courtesies. However, the Helsinki meeting is a unique event in the contemporary history of international diplomacy. An event in which the usual sequence of events has been reversed. Honestly, the failed press conference of the two leaders largely blunted the progress that seemed to have been made during their personal communication
Of course, thunderstorms are abundant on the political horizon even before the fateful meeting of Helsinki. On the cover of the New York Times, an article titled Stamp in 1937, "Trump, Traitor and Traitor of the State."
Having had bad relations with Trump since the appointment of Deputy Attorney General early last year, Rod Rosenstein has "formally" charged against "12 GRU employees" before the Event in the Finnish capital.
It is hard to believe that almost coinciding with a meeting between Putin and Trump and the arrest in America of a young and handsome "Russian spy", Maria Butina was not a conscious gift to the secret services Americans of two guests in Helsinki
However, Trump and Putin still had a chance in Helsinki to change the path of development or, rather, the deterioration of Russian-American relations. They did, but for the sake of regret, they did not take full advantage of this opportunity of the two presidents.
The real agenda for relations between Moscow and Washington is not just the question of "Kremlin intervention" in US domestic politics. Extremely important contracts related to nuclear weapons must expire. These contracts must be renewed or replaced.
Something must be resolved for Syria. Something must be decided for Ukraine. Finally, he must master the confrontation between the two major nuclear powers of the world.
Unfortunately, at the last press conference of Putin and Trump, all these vital strategic issues were cast in the shadow of a momentary and cyclical theme that the two presidents had to speak as little as possible. If you call things with your own names, then Trump (to a great extent), and Putin (to a much smaller extent but still obvious) change their political instinct. Two leaders of the world's superpowers provoked their provocations and, as a result, lost
The interaction between politicians and the press is almost always a game with very high stakes and rules that are difficult to understand. The reporter's job is to force the policy to say much more than he would like. The political task is to answer a difficult question and at the same time leave journalists without prey.
Journalist: "I have questions from President Putin … Can you say that President Trump has said or referred to the official recognition of Crimea as being the territory of Russia?"
Putin: "President Trump has a well-known position for Crimea, and he adheres to it." He talks about the illegality of Crimea's membership of the Russian Federation, and we believe that we held a referendum in strict accordance with international law. For us, the Russian Federation, this question is closed. "
Everything is dangerously avoided. A journalist journalist can only grit his teeth. He received an answer to his question, but at the same time he had nothing left for him without precious prey.
But when it comes to "Russia's interference," President Trump publicly abused his own intelligence services – something unheard-of and unthinkable for the US president, and now he must bear the political storm of the consequences that follow.
Nothing commensurable on the scale with this monumental mistake by Trump, Putin in Helsinki did not allow
Putin, "did not feel the moment", did not understand that any detailed response to Russian intervention in the denial of US elections would be used against him. "Putin spoke with American journalists as people who could be convinced of something, to convince them – at least on this issue – nothing was impossible, they could only change the subject to redirect the conversation to somebody else. something more important – for example, the famous replica of Margaret Thatcher during her interview with Soviet television 1987: "And nothing else is interested? Soviet-British relations, for example? "
But just that it is impossible to do things right. The Helsinki summit was to stimulate the restoration of links between state apparatuses in Russia and America. . But a powerful new impetus has been given to the wave of anti-Russian hysteria in the United States and a wave of speculation on the subject "Trump is a Kremlin agent". And it's bad, very bad. In the recent past, Trump has turned out not to be a "Kremlin agent", with a strong steadfastness to Russia. It is not good that this recent past becomes the immediate future.
Sometimes too good – it's not good at all, but it's very bad. The meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki took place in a very "warm and friendly" atmosphere, which could become a source of major problems for Trump's internal political positions as well as the prospect of normalizing Russian relations. American
Of course, we do not know exactly what happened during the closed part of the summit – the part that is usually much larger than a public exchange of official courtesies. However, the Helsinki meeting is a unique event in the contemporary history of international diplomacy. An event in which the usual sequence of events has been reversed. Honestly, the failed press conference of the two leaders largely blunted the progress that seemed to have been made during their personal communication
Of course, thunderstorms are abundant on the political horizon even before the fateful meeting of Helsinki. On the cover of the New York Times, an article titled Stamp in 1937, "Trump, Traitor and Traitor of the State."
Having had bad relations with Trump since the appointment of Deputy Attorney General early last year, Rod Rosenstein has "formally" charged against "12 GRU employees" before the Event in the Finnish capital.
It is hard to believe that almost coinciding with a meeting between Putin and Trump and the arrest in America of a young and handsome "Russian spy", Maria Butina was not a conscious gift to the secret services Americans of two guests in Helsinki
However, Trump and Putin still had a chance in Helsinki to change the path of development or, rather, the deterioration of Russian-American relations. They did, but for the sake of regret, they did not take full advantage of this opportunity of the two presidents.
The real agenda for relations between Moscow and Washington is not just the question of "Kremlin intervention" in US domestic politics. Extremely important contracts related to nuclear weapons must expire. These contracts must be renewed or replaced.
Something must be resolved for Syria. Something must be decided for Ukraine. Finally, he must master the confrontation between the two major nuclear powers of the world.
Unfortunately, at the last press conference of Putin and Trump, all these vital strategic issues were cast in the shadow of a momentary and cyclical theme that the two presidents had to speak as little as possible. If you call things with your own names, then Trump (to a great extent), and Putin (to a much smaller extent but still obvious) change their political instinct. Two leaders of the world's superpowers provoked their provocations and, as a result, lost
The interaction between politicians and the press is almost always a game with very high stakes and rules that are difficult to understand. The reporter's job is to force the policy to say much more than he would like. The political task is to answer a difficult question and at the same time leave journalists without prey.
Journalist: "I have questions from President Putin … Can you say that President Trump has said or referred to the official recognition of Crimea as being the territory of Russia?"
Putin: "President Trump has a well-known position for Crimea, and he adheres to it." He talks about the illegality of Crimea's membership of the Russian Federation, and we believe that we held a referendum in strict accordance with international law. For us, the Russian Federation, this question is closed. "
Everything is dangerously avoided. A journalist journalist can only grit his teeth. He received an answer to his question, but at the same time he had nothing left for him without precious prey.
But when it comes to "Russia's interference," President Trump publicly abused his own intelligence services – something unheard-of and unthinkable for the US president, and now he must bear the political storm of the consequences that follow.
Nothing commensurable on the scale with this monumental mistake by Trump, Putin in Helsinki did not allow
Putin, "did not feel the moment", did not understand that any detailed response to Russian intervention in the denial of US elections would be used against him. "Putin spoke with American journalists as people who could be convinced of something, to convince them – at least on this issue – nothing was impossible, they could only change the subject to redirect the conversation to somebody else. something more important – for example, the famous replica of Margaret Thatcher during her interview with Soviet television 1987: "And nothing else is interested? Soviet-British relations, for example? "
But just that it is impossible to do things right. The Helsinki summit was to stimulate the restoration of links between state apparatuses in Russia and America. . But a powerful new impetus has been given to the wave of anti-Russian hysteria in the United States and a wave of speculation on the subject "Trump is a Kremlin agent". And it's bad, very bad. In the recent past, Trump has turned out not to be a "Kremlin agent", with a strong steadfastness to Russia. It is not good that this recent past becomes the immediate future.
Translation and Editing: Julian Markov
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