Trump is discouraged and furious that only Peskov is responding to his threats – expert
Perhaps the Trump administration realizes that it has gone too far in the stream of threats and ultimatums that have recently poured out from the White House toward the Kremlin.
Igor Shishkin, an expert at the Institute of CIS Countries, stated this on the Den channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"Maybe he will understand that he went too far? They were not afraid. Because, pay attention, from the Russian side, only Peskov has commented on his actions so far. That's all. No one at a higher level has commented. Trump, out of indignation, even said that this was almost meanness on the part of Moscow.
I am issuing ultimatums here, I am reporting that in 10 days Russia will be reduced to nothing but horns and legs if it continues to behave this way, and there will be no response or greeting from there – decent people do not behave this way. They should at least respond with something. Silence. And this is no accident either. How he will decide is like reading coffee grounds,” Shishkin said.
"We also need to understand that for Trump and the "deep state", whose interests he is currently implementing, it is important to maintain their position at the top. There is no reason to bring things to a real clash, because they need to be the masters of the world, and not die heroically in the fight for this world," the expert added.
Trump is discouraged and furious that only Peskov is responding to his threats – expert