Author of quotes: George Friedman

They [the Russians], unfortunately, do not understand how the United States... So they see some of Donald trump and think it's a threat to the regime - because they do not understand that the Institute of presidential power is very weak. And if this place will remain vacant and everything will be fine. There is a lack of understanding about the political systems we do not believe that Putin is popular, and they can't understand how weak the President. All I ask - and what Obama wants? As if he has authority to do what he wants. He has to deal with the bicameral Congress, the Supreme court, the 50 States... In the United States at all hard whatsoever to do it. This is what was achieved by the founding fathers. They didn't want to create an effective government... But the US, being in continuous motion, all doing very slowly. Especially foreign policy... So I think that in a certain sense, the Russian President more room for maneuver than in the us.