Putin Doesn’t Think US Foreign Policy Will Change If Trump Is Re-Elected (And He’s Probably Right)

Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday that he wouldn’t expect any meaningful changes in US policy toward Russia if former president Donald Trump secures re-election next year. TASS <a href="https://tass.com/economy/1673571" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">reports the following</a> on the Russian president’s comments: <blockquote> “I think there will be no fundamental changes regarding Russia in US foreign policy, no matter who is elected president,” Putin said. “Mr. [Donald] Trump (ex-president and Republican Party candidate — TASS) says he will solve acute problems, including the Ukrainian crisis, in a few days, this can only please. Nevertheless, he too imposed sanctions on Russia during his presidency,” Putin recalled. The US, according to the Russian president, “views Russia as a permanent adversary, or even an enemy, and has hammered this into the heads of ordinary Americans.” “The current authorities have tuned American society into an anti-Russian vein and spirit — that’s what it’s all about. They have done it, and now it will be very difficult to somehow turn this ship in the other direction,” Putin said. </blockquote> <iframe frameborder="0" height="641" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&schema=twitter&url=https%3A//twitter.com/Antiwarcom/status/1701750652446376303&image=https%3A//i.embed.ly/1/image%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fabs.twimg.com%252Ferrors%252Flogo46x38.png%26key%3Da19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07" title="Antiwar.com on Twitter: "Putin Says Trump Won't Change US Foreign Policyby Kyle Anzalone@KyleAnzalone_ #Putin #Trump #Russia #Ukraine https://t.co/nAERPXnbEa pic.twitter.com/AGVJ333pKf / Twitter"" width="680"></iframe> This is not the first time Putin has made such comments. When Oliver Stone <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/06/16/in-final-oliver-stone-interview-putin-predicts-when-russia-us-crisis-ends/?sh=491fbb1d64b8" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">asked him in an interview</a> during Trump’s presidency what has changed from administration to administration in the four US presidents he’d gone through during his leadership, Putin replied, “Almost nothing. Your bureaucracy is very strong and it is that bureaucracy that rules the world. <a href="https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/putin-doesnt-think-us-foreign-policy-will-change-if-trump-is-re-elected-and-he-s-probably-right-cc4d73ec1ccb">Read More</a>