Putin Says Trump's Critics in U.S. Are Trying to Undermine Meeting

MOSCOW – President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia warned on Thursday that some political forces in the United States – a formulation that usually refers to a supposed anti-Russian cabal in the American national security establishment – was trying to undermine what he called Successful meeting with President Trump

"We see that there are forces in the United States that can easily sacrifice Russian-US relations for the sake of their own ambitions, "Mr. Putin said in a foreign policy speech to Russian ambassadors. "

The comments came after Mr. Trump, who was criticized by representatives of both sides of the world. Accepted Russian denials of interference in the 2016 election, contrary to the conclusions of American intelligence agencies. Mr. Trump said that, in fact, he did accept the agencies' conclusions.

Russia, while developing its foreign policy towards the United States, should consider the efforts of a "quite powerful" group in Washington that seeks to undermine good relations between the countries, Mr. Putin said on Thursday.

The comments were made by Mr. Putin about the national security elites dominates American politics and conspiring to Mr. Trump

Mr. Trump, too, seemed to feel that the talks in Finland were fruitful and underappreciated. "The Summit with Russia was a great success, with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media," he said on Twitter . "I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear."

Trump, echoing the American leader's own criticisms of the special counsel investigation into the Russian meddling election and possible collusion with members of Mr. Trump's campaign team as the work of the "deep state."

"We see that there are forces in the United States believes that their own group and narrow partisan interests above the national ones, "Mr. Putin said. "Our famous satirists once wrote about these people:" Pathetic, paltry people. "But this is not so in this particular case: These people are not pathetic and not paltry. On the contrary, they are quite powerful and strong if they can, excuse my crudeness, strength-feed Millions of their people various stories that are hard to digest in normal logic. "

In speaking of" pathetic, paltry people " Trump's Russia policies, Mr. Putin appeared to be quoting from the book " The Twelve Chairs" by the Russian satirists Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, using a derisive phrase that is familiar to readers of Russian literature .