9 Reasons Why Trump’s Dream Of Russian Reconciliation Is Now Impossible

What was once mission difficult is now mission impossible – at least for the foreseeable future…
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Donald Trump has yet again stated that he seeks to have good or even ‘great’ relations with Russia. Speaking beside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Trump stated,
‘I hope that we do have good relations with Russia. I say it loud and clear, I’ve been saying it for years: I think it’s a good thing if we have great relationships, or at least good relationships with Russia.
It’s a big country, it’s a nuclear country, it’s a country that we should get along with, and I think we will eventually get along with Russia’.
In spite of Trump’s stated wishes, the policies of his administration, irrespective of who is actually authoring them, are in total opposition to Russia’s stated geo-political goals and Russia’s geo-strategic interests.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 29, 2017.