Every recent US President has started out with the naive policy of reaching out to befriend Russia-- believing the Russian offer to "work together". Then they find out that Russia keeps working against us. Like Russia now returning to its action in the Ukraine and tightening the screws on Eastern Europe as Trump flops around on NATO. In the Middle East, Russia is working with Syria, Iran, and Turkey against us--supporting Assad with Iran and Turkey--against the rebels and the Kurds we support, and supporting Islamic groups against us in Iraq. Russia seeks air bases to gain air superiority over the US in the Middle East as we look to back out. With Trump as with Obama, this puts the military and the conservative hawks in Congress at odds with the President. US commanders are requesting thousands more troops for Afghanistan with the rise of Al Quaeda and other groups-- which Russia is supporting.