The first, and most obvious example, would be their opposing governments. It is a well known fact that the two countries don't get along, especially if you know about the recently ended Cold War. Their ideals have opposed for quite awhile now especially back when Russia was a communist country. The United States of America values freedom, justice, equality, and diversity, basically putting its citizens first. Russia on the other hand, appeals to those that are more political …show more content…
Our government is considered a constitutional republic and our officials are specifically elected to represent the people. All of them are restricted by a written constitution that separates them into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive is quite possibly the most well known of the branches, consisting of the President and his cabinet, but the legislative might be a close second. Better known as Congress, the legislative branch is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, both of which act as the primary source of our laws. To become a law a bill must first be voted on by the House and the Senate. If it wins majority for both of those, they approve a final draft and send it to the president. Then it is up to the president to either veto or sign the enrolled bill, successfully making it a law. This process prevents any one branch from making overly powerful or selfish laws. And to keep things fair, we change officials every so often. We elect a new President once in four years, House representatives have their elections every two years, and the Senate has theirs every six. The Presidential election is the most well known of these and has been ever since the first official one between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, it was just recently that multi billionaire Donald Trump was sworn into office. And while each official is free to have their …show more content…
Like all countries we have had to deal with a fluctuating economy and multiply low points, but right now it isn't too terrible. After all, we are currently considered the world’s largest economy. However, we are no longer very industrial since most of our goods are imported. That being said, our primary trading partner is China. It is from them that we import billions of dollars worth of machinery, furniture, toys, sports equipment, and footwear. Throw in the huge variety of other goods we trade and it isn't surprising that China is our largest supplier of good imports. On the other hand, the United States exports aircraft parts, general machinery, vehicles, and several agricultural products. The biggest of those are soybeans, coarse grains, and distilled grains. Although there are plenty of other miscellaneous crops and animal products, as well as goods in general, that may also exported. However it is quite possible that things will change, considering that our central leader has just changed. And from what he has said, Donald Trump wants to cut back on Chinese imports and have Americans start producing their own goods. That being said, there is no telling how things may play