Trump thanked Putin for the election

Russian President Vladimir Putin has every reason to be satisfied with the meeting in Helsinki. Here he gesticulates during an interview with Cris Wallace as part of "Fox News Sunday". At the press conference Monday, Putin said that he had wanted Trump to be elected despite the fact that he had asked Hillary for the election in 2016 that he would prefer Hillary because that he thought Trump would be harder against Russia. Why, in general, should Putin express his opinion on who would become president in the United States?

The impact process also extended in 2016 to Facebook, via the Cambridge Analytica analysis company, which had a clear link with Russian agents.

On December 29, 2016, President Barack Obama then deployed 35 Russian agents who had participated in the influence work of their headquarters in two Washington-based building complexes. region. In 2017, the US media had very good reports and no one seemed to question the FBI and CIA investigation into the fact that the Russians infiltrated the election campaign in 2016.

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mike Pompeo became the head of the CIA from January 2017 and felt good for the investigation and expulsion of the Russians in 2016-17.

Pompeo participated in Trump's follow-up in Helsinki, and he did not seem to distribute a mine when Trump at the press conference was denied. After the Monday night press conference, the intelligence community in the United States issued a message that was directly contrary to what President Trump had said and confirmed that Russian agents had participated in the war. US presidential election. attempt to influence the presidential elections in 2016.

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It is particularly remarkable to see US President Trump stand alongside Russian President Putin of Trump promising cooperation with Russian President Putin.

He congratulated Putin who has been president or prime minister in Russia for almost 20 years and was a former KGB agent. A few days ago, the Trump G7 group criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, refusing to sign the latest communist communique and insisting that Russia be reinstated in the group after the country's expulsion following the return. annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014.

It has been a long time since political leaders like Putin and others who are seen as particularly hard leaders are often more to Trump's taste than the democratically ruled elected Western alliances such as NATO, the EU and the superpower group. G7

At the meeting in Helsinki, Trump showed every sign of making Putin his "best friend" in international politics. Trump came directly from meetings with NATO in Brussels, where he strongly criticized member states that have not yet invested 2% of their gross national product (GDP) – which he has added that this should be 4% of GDP.

In addition, he criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for Germany to be associated with a major Russian gas pipeline. Later, he offended British Prime Minister Theresa May by criticizing his work on Brexit and focusing on his political challenger, former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, as a candidate for the post Prime Minister. The traditional friends of the USA. Now he would also make the US president the traditional enemy of his best friend.

Trump did not save the crown to US partners at NATO last week. Photo: Reuters / AP

Trump did not save the crown to US partners at NATO last week. Photo: Reuters / AP

Then he came to Helsinki for a "personal meeting" with President Putin, which much of the meeting should be only between Trump and Putin, possibly with translators.

had a meeting in a few hours with both present, possibly with faithful translators. At this meeting, Putin came in his private plane with his staff who filled a car card of at least 20 cars. Trump said in advance that he should address a number of current issues, but it is very difficult to know what has been discussed. Later, there was a lunch where the two presidents also brought their employees.

No communication has been prepared, and what can be written in the form of a written report will be what the two main characters perceive as the most important.

An after-the-social experience in Helsinki is that the need for a free and independent press is becoming more and more important and important. And in a democracy like the United States, this may be an awakening for the electoral legislators to maintain their role of correction for the administrative part of the administration.

One of the comments that was pursued by CNN in the evening was: The Helsinki meeting was Trump's biggest mistake as president.

President Trump did not lose himself in the glory of the summit. Even before the Air Force One took off and returned home, she greeted him with tireless criticism. Photo: Reuters

President Trump did not tan in the glory of the summit. Even before the Air Force One took off and returned home, she greeted him with tireless criticism. Photo: Reuters

Audun Tjomsland, NRK correspondent in New York and London, wrote the book "A Personal Journey in America from Kennedy to Obama" and followed American politics for more than 50 years. He comments on behalf of ABC News and blogs on foreign policy in Tjomsland.no

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