Just how low can the trust get between two countries? I just came across the image below from AP Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky which shows Russian protesters wearing Obama and Hillary masks, spraying flowers with poison - as they consider the decision "a cunning trick" against Russia. Please explain how?? Either that is some sophisticated political analysis of how Obama may trick Russia into orchestrating its own undermining through bad decisions, or this is a sign of the kind of immense damage that ten years of virulent anti-American propaganda can do to a society.
At least we can rest assured that pretty much no one likes the decision, as the administration gets ridiculed by the Republicans for caving in, Polish, Czech and other East Europe centrists feel betrayed and abandoned, while the ultra-nationalists bray over manipulation. So few countries produce the same reactions from such diverse and often opposing ends of the political spectrum than Russia.
At least we can rest assured that pretty much no one likes the decision, as the administration gets ridiculed by the Republicans for caving in, Polish, Czech and other East Europe centrists feel betrayed and abandoned, while the ultra-nationalists bray over manipulation. So few countries produce the same reactions from such diverse and often opposing ends of the political spectrum than Russia.



"Polish, Czech and other East Europe centrists feel betrayed and abandoned,"
Public opinion polling in both countries has always indicated that the people of neither country thought it was a good idea, ever. So why are you continually pretending to be more Czech/polish than the Czechs/Poles?
How beautiful can that be? I guess the Americans better be very careful next time they plan a fantasy/virtual political project akin to Missile Defense. Not only does implementing such a project lead to gigantic political and strategic problems, but actually pulling back from them could be equally as bad.
Reversing 2 decades of foolish western policy overnight will definitely not build trust in an instant.