US President Donald Trump used the launch of his first National Security Strategy on Monday to laud the benefits of cooperation with Russia, a striking departure from the document’s more combative tone toward the Kremlin. Unveiling a text that pilloried both Russia and China as “revisionist powers” bent on rolling back American interests, Trump hailed recent counterterror cooperation between Moscow and Washington. “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity,” the document says. Trump’s presidential campaign is being investigated for possible collusion with Russia in the runup to his shock 2016 election win. ‘Imperialist’ and ‘Cold War mentality’China and Russia on Tuesday decried Trump’s strategy, which pilloried both nations as challengers to US power, as a “Cold War mentality” with an “imperialist character”.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 19, 2017 13:07 UTC