--- title: Trump-Putin Summit: Russia 'Agree' U.S. to Blame for Tension description: Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they “agree” that U.S. “foolishness and stupidity” was to blame for a low point in relations. canonical: https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/ author: Billy Perrigo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-16T11:35:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:51:24.133Z article:section: World og:title: ‘We Agree.’ Russia Chimes In After Trump Blames the U.S. for The Countries' Bad Relationship og:description: Trump blamed U.S. “foolishness and stupidity" for the low point in relations og:url: https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b49443824790ce/69893571cf40a86b9fc4cbd6/gettyimages-1000086024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FINLAND-US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ‘We Agree.’ Russia Chimes In After Trump Blames the U.S. for The Countries' Bad Relationship twitter:description: Trump blamed U.S. “foolishness and stupidity" for the low point in relations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b49443824790ce/69893571cf40a86b9fc4cbd6/gettyimages-1000086024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘We Agree.’ Russia Chimes In After Trump Blames the U.S. for the Countries' Bad Relationship  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Correspondent Jul 16, 2018 11:35 AM CUT  JULY 16 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump pose ahead a meeting in Helsinki JULY 16 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump pose ahead a meeting in HelsinkiBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Correspondent Jul 16, 2018 11:35 AM CUT As President Donald Trump prepared to meet Russian President [Vladimir Putin](http://time.com/5339030/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-election-meddling-summit/ "undefined") Monday, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet it agrees with Trump’s earlier message that U.S. “foolishness and stupidity” is the reason for a low point in relations between the two countries. “Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity,” Trump tweeted on Monday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018738368753078273) The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs retweeted Trump’s message, adding simply, “We agree.” > [](https://twitter.com/mfa%5Frussia/status/1018803468805566464) Trump sent the tweet early Monday morning from [Helsinki](http://time.com/5338801/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-finnish-presidential-palace/ "undefined"), where he was preparing to meet Putin for the first time since November 2017\. The two leaders were scheduled to meet alone on Monday, accompanied solely by interpreters, for up to 90 minutes. Putin showed up an hour late for the meeting. The U.S.-Russian relationship has been marred by a number of recent complications, not least of which are allegations that Moscow tampered with the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. In his Monday morning tweet, Trump referenced those charges, and investigations into possible collusion between his campaign and Russia, as a “rigged witch hunt.” On Friday of last week, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein [announced charges](http://time.com/5338623/russian-hackers-indictments-democratic-national-committee/ "undefined") against a handful of Russian intelligence officials for hacking Democratic targets in the U.S. Earlier, Trump had personally congratulated Putin for putting on “one of the best ever” World Cup tournaments, following France’s victory in the final on Sunday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/"},"headline":"‘We Agree.’ Russia Chimes In After Trump Blames the U.S. for the Countries' Bad Relationship","datePublished":"2018-07-16T11:35:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:51:24.133Z","description":"Trump blamed U.S. “foolishness and stupidity\" for the low point in relations","url":"https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/","keywords":["russia","trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b49443824790ce/69893571cf40a86b9fc4cbd6/gettyimages-1000086024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy Perrigo","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b49443824790ce/69893571cf40a86b9fc4cbd6/gettyimages-1000086024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FINLAND-US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT","caption":"FINLAND-US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT","creditText":"BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/russia/","name":"russia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5339502/trump-putin-summit-tension-agree-bad-relationship/","name":"‘We Agree.’ Russia Chimes In After Trump Blames the U.S. for the Countries' Bad Relationship"}}]}] ```