Putin screwed his own pooch and is suffering from the torture the media and Dems keep applying to Trump, while Trump actually wants to have amicable relations.
I wonder how that dog felt.
Nothing happening in Russia led to worsened relations.
The way US foreign policy operates requires an external enemy.
China is a big no-no because of all the bribes coming from there, North Korea and Iran.... well. Both are obviously too minor to portray them as an existential threat no matter how hard the establishment is trying to change perception.
Russia is a very convenient bad guy in light of that. All the stereotypes already in place down to Boris and Natasha.
Any attempt by anyone from any side at rapprochement would be torpedoed by DC establishment.
Even POTUS is incapable to change it.