Trump sends Putin a message in Syria but remains conflicted over Russia

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President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that he has ordered strikes on the Syrian regime in response to a chemical weapons attach that occurred last week. credit: C-SPAN



Trump sends Putin a message in Syria but remains conflicted over Russia

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208893539.html

By Anita Kumar, Franco Ordoñez And Kevin G. Hall



April 13, 2018 11:11 PM

WASHINGTON

The United States’ decision to conduct a military strike against the Russia-backed Syrian government Friday marks the latest in a series of actions that indicate President Donald Trump is beginning to move more aggressively against Russia, as his top advisers have urged.

But Trump still appears to be conflicted about his relationship with Russia and its leader, President Vladimir Putin.

James F. Collins, a U.S. ambassador to Russia in the 1990s, said Trump offered Russia its best hope of a better relationship but did not see any real overtures from Putin.


“In the last 15 months he has finally come to understand that it is going to be very difficult to do anything with Russia for the foreseeable future,” Collins said. “There really have been almost no tangible or real signs after the first six months or so from the Russian side.”


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Trump has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for his open admiration for Putin and for repeatedly rejecting the intelligence community’s analysis of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. And he has blasted special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations that his campaign colluded with the Kremlin to disrupt the 2016 campaign.

Late Friday, some Democrats immediately criticized Trump for striking Assad and not using other tools against Russia.

“Instead of implementing mandatory sanctions overwhelmingly passed by Congress, the president let Russia escape culpability for its protection of the murderous regime in Damascus,” said Sen. Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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