Trump is not to be trusted. He changes his mind every day.
I agree: both leaders should be very careful with each other doing one step at a time towards each other, but when there is a chance and hope to improve the relationship, they both should GO for that! And we should welcome it. Trump is in a very rough situation, Deep State and their puppets in Congress have been literally hobbling him, threatening him and trashing him and his family. It's actually and unprecedented actions against US president. And it tells me: they are scared.
The Russians must be careful. They wish too hard to be part of the West and will be fooled again. All US words on Syria were empty so far, why should that be different now?
Trump is completely tied in his actions and Putin understands that. A couple of weeks ago:
Andrei Sushentsov: The impression is that Trump is breaking all records in unpredictability.
Vladimir Putin: As for unpredictability, he is not the only one to blame.
It also has to do with the intense opposition in the country.
After all,
he is being prevented from carrying out any of his election platforms and plans. In health care, in other spheres. The moment he makes a decision on migrants, a court immediately blocks it. This is happening all the time. So to say that he is the only source of this unpredictability – no,
this depends on the entire US political system. Nevertheless, we will work with the partners that we have.
The United States is a great power, the world’s largest economic and military power. We will continue working despite all difficulties.
That is, of course, if they also want this. If they do not, we will not.
As for the trust:
Sabine Fischer, Science and Politics Foundation, Berlin:
What political mistakes, in your opinion, has Russia made in its relations with the West over the past 15 years
?
Vladimir Putin:
Our most serious mistake in relations with the West is that we trusted you too much. And your mistake is that you took that trust as weakness and abused it. It is therefore necessary to put this behind us, turn the page and move on, building our relations on the basis of mutual respect and treating each other as equal partners of equal value.
Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club