Medvedev continued his criticism on Twitter, saying in a series of tweets that, "The Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way."
He added, "The US establishment fully outwitted Trump.The President is not happy about the sanctions, yet he could not but sign the bill" and, "We will steadily continue our work on developing the economy, relying mostly on ourselves. We have learned to do this."
The Trump administration has shown its total weakness
by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
The US establishment fully outwitted Trump. The President is not happy about the sanctions, yet he could not but sign the bill— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
We will steadily continue our work on developing the economy, relying mostly on ourselves. We have learned to do this— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
As John Schindler warned earlier this week, it seems increasingly likely that
the Russians have abandoned Trump. Their first priority was sanctions relief and now they've got the opposite.
As I noted on Monday,

. What follows next is anyone's guess.