Trump's first press conference and Obama's farewell word

In New York, in the Trump Tower Tower, the elected president held the first press conference since July last year. The new president confirmed: Russia is behind hacker attacks against his political opponents.

At the same time, Trump called the Buzz Fed website “fakes” and CNN that the Kremlin secretly collected a financial and intimate one - and can now blackmail the American president. Information about this is contained in the closed part of the reconnaissance report, with which Obama and Trump are familiarized.

Hermophobe and the victim of the Nazis

With reference to the notes of the former British intelligence agent, in turn, referring to unnamed Russian sources, it is reported that the Russian authorities for several years collected financial documents compromising Trump. There are also records of his non -traditional sexual pleasures in the Ritz Carlton hotel room in Moscow, where Barak and Michelle Obama used to stay (supposedly a billionaire ordered the Golden Raist prostitutes on the beds of a presidential couple). The site of the “sensation” site Buzz Feed noted that the information has not been verified or confirmed.

But this became the next grain that fell into the fertile soil of possible impeachment of the 45th president.

After complementary statements to Vladimir Putin and promises “easy to establish relations with him,” made during the Trump election campaign, which concerned many Americans against the backdrop of the position of Hillary Clinton; After the American media excavated the connections of people from the billionaire team with the Russian authorities and the Russian business, each of its steps towards rapprochement with Moscow will now be considered through the prism of possible corruption business interests and undermining the country's security.

Trump had to react to what he called “fake news”, to thank those media that did not disseminate information about compromising evidence. Even on the most piquant part of the “new revelations”, the president considered it necessary to react, saying that he always warned his people about the possibility of filming a hidden camera: “Be careful if you don’t want to get into night news - not only in Russia, everywhere ... And besides, believe me, I am a germophobe ( a person painfully afraid of bacteria and mud. - A.P. ).”

The publication very touched the touchy Trump, he wrote on Twitter: “Intelligence should not allow fake news leakage. Another shot at me. Do we live in Nazi Germany? " At a press conference, the elected president refused to answer the question of the CNN correspondent, accusing the television channel of “information lies”. Comparison of American intelligence with the Nazis, and itself with their "victim" is widely commented. Twitter-Sieces offended both intelligence and living witnesses of the Holocaust.

Intelligence Head James Clapper in a special statement noted that providing politicians - to those who make decisions, even such unverified information is the “duty of the intelligence community”. His telephone conversation with Trump took place. CNN triumphed: the TV channel did not lie. Legislators in the Congress intend to seriously treat new accusations, although their source, Clapper noted, does not apply to American intelligence.

As predicted, the majority of issues of the press conference were devoted to relations with Russia. Despite the confession of the guilt of the Russian authorities in hacking against the United States, Trump still counts on improving relations and cooperation in the fight against ISIS.

Direct speech

Question: Do you think President Obama went too far when he adopted sanctions against Russia because of hackers?

Trump: No, I don't think he went too far. By no means.

<...> If Vladimir Putin like Donald Trump, we must consider this as an asset, and not as a liability.

<...> I have no transactions, there are no loans in Russia ... We could easily conduct business in Russia, if only we wanted to. But we have no transactions there, because I believe that there will be a conflict ( *interests. - *A.P. ).

- Are you ready to publish your tax return to prove that you have no transactions in Russia?

- I will not publish tax documents, they are now in the audit.

<...> I believe that now he (Putin) will no longer do this (standing behind hacker attacks). But not only Russia was engaged in this!

<...> Do you really think that Hillary would be more tough with Putin than me? Come on!

<...> There is no restart button. We will either get along with him or not. This is also possible ... but (in any case) Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, all countries will respect us much more than under the current administration.

In parallel to Trump

In those moments when in New York Trump at the first press conference confirmed that he was going to fulfill the majority of pre-election promises (including low taxes, the creation of workplaces, strengthening the armed forces, the Obamaker’s abolition, the construction of the Mexican wall), in Washington on the Capitol Hill about the new foreign policy of the United States. Senators Rex Tillerson - candidate for the position of Secretary of State, former head of Exxon Mobile, who received the Order of Friendship from the hands of Vladimir Putin, and, as the local media writes, friend of Igor Sechin.

Hearing on the statement of the head of the foreign policy-“Last number two in the country with all due respect to the vice president,” so Senator Rubio put it, lasted all day. The outcome of the vote is unclear. Again in the spotlight - the Russian president. Senator Republican Marco Rubio, a participant in the only ended presidential race, said that he was dissatisfied with the fact that Tillerson refused to support his thesis that "the whole world sees: America is not ready to declare Vladimir Putin a military criminal, but Saudi Arabia by a violator of human rights." America should abandon the “real policy” in favor of protecting democratic values, the senator said. He and his resort-republican Graham doubt Trump's candidate, although he spoke much tougher in Russia than Obama and Trump.

During the hearing, Tillerson first condemned the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, calling “illegal actions,” Trump never said. The candidate spoke out for the supply of “defensive weapons” to Kyiv. The Order of the Kremlin condemned the current American administration for insufficiently decisive actions at the time of the annexation of Crimea by Russia.

The radical Islam as a whole and ISIS in particular Tillerson called the most relevant threat, the victory over the “Islamic state” (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) is the main priority of the United States in the Middle East. The next problem Tillerson called the relationship with China. And only then, in third place - Russia, with which the United States is ready to cooperate where it is possible (war with terrorism), but which should "bear responsibility for its steps and understand that America will observe all obligations to the allies." Tillerson did not participate in a closed briefing of the intelligence heads, but at the hearing agreed that the hacker attacks on the United States were carried out with Putin’s knowledge and that Russia “intervened” in the American elections. Russia is not “unpredictable”, we understand its plans, primarily geopolitical, candidate Trump told senators. If you leave Moscow’s actions unanswered, there will certainly be the next step to expand its influence, Tillerson noted. However, he and Trump still did not specifically discuss the course against Russia, admitted a businessman, claiming the main foreign policy post in the country.

10 senators - 5 from each batch - prepared a bill on new sanctions against Russia - for hacking, actions in Syria, Ukraine and Georgia. The legislators want to approve the sanctions adopted by the recent executive decree of Obama and add new surnames and new measures: for the ban on entering and freezing accounts for those who are “involved in the undermining of cybersecurity of private and state infrastructure and democratic institutions”. According to Reuters, sanctions will also be imposed on companies that are associated with Russian armed forces and intelligence services. Senator Cardin noted that the project of additional sanctions will affect the Russian energy sector.

On a number of questions, the applicant for the position of Secretary of State showed serious discrepancies with the statements of the future owner of the White House, originating serious suspicions, who will steer foreign policy and how.

Tillerson condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine, supported the free trade regime as part of the Transstoocian Partnership program and said that he believes in the need to combat climatic changes. Trump in the past said that the climate change is “Chinese tricks” to destroy American production.

What are the President and his candidate one: a nuclear agreement with Iran - the main foreign policy achievement of Obama - must be revised. And with a cuba you do not need to rush to restore relationships and take off the trade embargo.

Farewell tears of Obama

And on the eve of Trump and Tillerson's speeches, which is now discussing the American and World press, President Obama made his farewell speech in Chicago - a city where the first African American president in history began his social activity as a social worker. 18 thousand spectators chanted: "Another 4 years!" “I can't, it’s impossible,” Obama smiled. In the end, he could not hold back his tears. The starting price for a ticket for the farewell performance of Obama at the EBAY Internet asociation was $ 1000, and the queue at the entrance was the most fanatical supporters at 6 in the morning.

The era of liberal America leaves Obama. The president spoke of the need to preserve a democratic choice. “Work in the name of democracy was always difficult, accompanied by disputes and sometimes blood. Taking two steps forward, it always seems at first that you are stepping back a step. ”

At the finish of the election race, Obama painted apocalyptic paintings if Trump defeats. Turning to the country for the last time as the president in a speech shown on television and lasted almost an hour, the departing president has never called the name of his successor.

“The future is behind us,” Obama promised his supporters. In a few days, he will become a private person, but will always be called the "president". The plans include a vacation, writing a new book and socio-educational activities.

In the next four years, new people will determine the course of events in the USA and in the world. Despite the criticism and the plume of scandals, as Donald Trump showed the first press conference, the 45th president is ready to accept the call from anyone and will not hesitate to answer.

But the future of Russian-American relations is still very variable.