The Art of the Deal: Why Putin needs one more than Trump

Moscow

IN his book, Art of the Deal, Donald Trump said the best deals were ones where both sides got something they wanted. His credo, applied to a potential US-Russia deal, flags an awkward truth for Vladimir Putin: He wants more from Mr Trump than vice versa.

As aides try to set up a first meeting between the two presidents, the mismatched nature of their respective wish lists gives Mr Trump the edge, and means that a deal, if one is done, may be more limited and longer in the making than the Kremlin hopes.

"What the two countries can offer each another is strikingly different," said Konstantin von Eggert, a commentator for TV Rain, a Moscow TV station someti…