Donald Trump
The administration of U.S. President Donald trump launched a surprise tightening of policy towards Russia that is approved in a number of allies of Washington in Europe. According to The Wall Street Journal.
According to the publication, the election trump President of the United States has caused joy both in Russia and trouble Europe. Now, however, these attitudes began to change.
“After taking office, he appointed a number of key aides who are the hardliners in the Kremlin’s attitude; how it seemed in the beginning, they adhered to other than the President, views. Trump himself was more to speak in support of NATO, in particular during his address to the U.S. Congress last week”, — quotes extracts from the article TASS.
The WSJ said that with harsh criticism against Moscow was made by Fiona hill, which has become the trump Advisor for Europe and Russia in the White house.
According to the publication, “the transition of administration to the unexpectedly hard line against Russia was met with applause in Europe and caused alarm in Moscow.”
As noted in the publication, Washington assured European diplomats that he did not intend to abandon support for the countries of Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, and “to recognize the existence of a wider sphere of influence of Moscow”.
According to a poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal newspaper, almost half of the citizens of the United States — 38 percent — think the U.S. leader to Russian President “too friendly”. Another 29 percent believe that it is not. Almost one third of United States citizens — 32 percent — refused to comment on the issue.