Trump leads relationships between US-Russia on a roller coaster

If I wrote a Russian language course for 2025, the first lesson will contain the phrase about Rollercoaster: American GorkiS

This means literally American hills.

How appropriate.

After all, with President Donald Trump, who now rules the ride, and Vladimir Putin is pushing some of the buttons, American-Russian relations have become one of the late, with high and low levels and twists.

You never know where you are now.

The analysis of geopolitical trends is difficult enough in the best times. It is even more difficult to take care of the US hills of the 47th President of the United States.

When Trump returned to the White House in January, his direction of travel was clear: he began to correct his relations with Russia.

There were Trump/Putin phone calls, high-level US-Russia negotiations. At one point, Washington voted with Moscow against the UN resolution, which described Russia as an “aggressor” in the war of Russia against Ukraine.

Every time the Trump administration puts pressure, it has always been on Kiev, never on the Kremlin.

But a week ago or about a week ago, a train trip began.

After Vladimir Putin suggested that President Volodimir Zelenski's administration be replaced With the “external governance” in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN, President Trump made it clear that he was “angry” by Putin.

“I was disappointed in a certain way, some of the things that were said in the last day or two, which is related to Zelenski,” Trump commented on March 30. “Because when (Putin) he considers Zelenski not credibly, he has to make a deal with him. Whether you like him or dislike him.”

After a day that plays golf with Trump, the president of Finland, Alexander Steb, told the Guardian newspaper: “I think America, and my meaning is also the President of the United States, exhausts patience with Russia.”

Trump has threatened to impose secondary tariffs up to 50% of Russian oil exports if it is found that Russia is dragging its heels on the peace deal of Ukraine.

A Bipartine group of American senators went even more.

They have drawn up a bill that would impose 500% secondary tariffs on countries buying Russian oil, gas and other resources.

So far, the Russian press has welcomed the thawing in Moscow and Washington relations. The newspaper of Nezavisimaya Gazeta last month has completed a title stating that American and Russian officials “began to speak the same language.”

Things have changed this week.

On Wednesday, the Moscow Komsomolette newspaper accused the Trump administration of Administrative Finishness … Inemity … immaturity.

He criticizes the “boastfulness and arrogance of the administration” and “his desire to declare” huge breakthroughs “when the first steps have hardly been taken.”

On the same day, Komsomolskaya pravda said: “During Ukraine, Donald's mood changes as often as the wind.”

Signs, maybe, for a cold wind between Moscow and Washington?

Still, when Trump announced his extensive tariffs this week, Russia was not on the list.

Instead, US authorities have organized a refusal of sanctions for a key Kremlin employee: Putin Kiril Dmitriev's foreign investment envoy.

Dmitriev flew to Washington to talk with the Trump administration.

A sign, perhaps, to Russia and America, who continue to deal with … let's understand?

But on Friday, another warning from Washington to Moscow. This time at a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels.

“President Trump will not fall into the trap of endless negotiations on negotiations,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“We will find out soon enough, in a few weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious for peace or not.”

“If they are not,” he continued, “then we will have to re -evaluate where we are standing and what we do forward to it.”

This followed criticism of Russia by US allies of NATO. The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lamie said Putin “continues to affect, continues to drag his legs.”

“He could accept a truce now, he continues to bomb Ukraine … We see you, Vladimir Putin, we know what you are doing.”

Earlier on Friday, there were rumors that Trump and Putin would talk on the phone again. They were followed by more rumors: the White House had changed its mind.

The Kremlin said there were no plans to talk.

But it has been reported that US companies are planning to participate in this year's Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.

Okay. Stop the ride. I have to get off.

My conclusions from all this.

Attempting to follow every twist and turn on the US-Russia Rollercoaster can leave you dizzy and confused.

Sometimes it is better to monitor from a distance. It often helps to identify the bigger picture.

What is this: For months, Donald Trump's team has been avoiding criticizing Putin and the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine.

Key White House employees, such as special envoy Steve Vikof, have repeatedly hugged and repeated the Kremlin's speaking points. It is true that Washington says it becomes impatient to Russia and threatens more sanctions against Moscow. But it didn't have to. Not yet.

Will he do it?

Is the Trump administration ready to put pressure on Moscow in ending the war? And will the Kremlin afford to be pressed to do it?

This is a key issue, while Russia's war against Ukraine continues.