Is Putin the secret weapon of the US Democrats against Trump?

Certain political forces in the United States are intended not to allow Donald Trump to advance in improving relations with Russia.

The bilateral meeting between US Presidents Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin during the APEC summit was canceled. However, several experts point out that the two presidents have managed to achieve some rapprochement between their countries.

It seems that such development of bilateral relations is not appreciated by some representatives of the US Democratic Party who are making efforts to shake this process.

MEP Ray Finch of the United Kingdom Independence Party says Putin and Trump "understand that neither can solve any of the world's problems without at least the consent of the other party."

However, the politician believes that in the US there are certain forces that do not allow progress due to animosity towards the Republican president.

Democrats "do not want to accept the legitimacy of Trump's presidential victory" and "use Russia and Putin as a means to attack" the US president, the British politician says, adding that rivalry between the two countries "does no good to anyone ".

At the same time, political analyst Seyyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm also believes that there are political forces who want to "deteriorate relations with Russia" and will not allow Trump to "move towards closer relations with Moscow."

In his view, these forces "continue to accuse Russia of the election of Donald Trump, although he was elected by the Americans who were not satisfied with the White House and the political elite of the country."

The split between power groups in the United States only shows the "weakness" of the current Washington Administration, in turn, believes Russian affairs analyst Martin McCauley.