Russia's Political Establishment Is Disappointed With President Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as Russian President Vladimir Putin stands nearby during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017 Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

TASS: Trump becomes major disappointment for Russian political establishment — expert

The expert said that Russian officials mistakenly thought that the US president’s degree of domestic political authority are comparable to that of his Russian counterpart

MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. Russian political decision-makers have overestimated Donald Trump’s ability and determination to mend bilateral relations, Russian expert Valery Garbuzov has told TASS, commenting on results of Trump’s first presidential year.

US President Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017.

"As far as expectations of the Russian political elite are concerned, disappointment will be the most accurate description," said Garbuzov, who heads the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of US and Canada Studies.

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WNU Editor: The above analysis is correct .... Russia's "experts" on the U.S. have consistently misunderstood how U.S. politics works. They underestimate the power of Congress, they do not appreciate the role of the U.S. Supreme Court and the importance of the U.S. constitution, and they certainly do not understand the powerful influence that special interest groups and the media have on the political process. And while the Russian "political establishment" is disappointed with President Trump .... I can also add that they do not harbor any resentment or distrust of President Trump as they did with President Obama. In a certain way .... the door is still open for both Presidents to meet and find common ground.