President Trump's overtures toward Russia are placing him increasingly at odds with the United States' military-industrial complex and its nouveau Cold War champions in Congress. Although Russia is defined as an "adversary" in the first paragraph of this article, it wouldn't be portrayed as an adversary were it not for the immense Russophobic propaganda campaign launched  by the U.S. military, the arms manufacturers, the Democrats and the corporate-owned mainstream media to create an adversarial relationship. Any American leader who seeks a genuine rapprochement between the United States and Russia deserves to be praised. A lasting peace based on mutual friendship between the United States and Russia has the potential to provide unprecedented global political stability. It would be tragic for the entire planet if that laudable goal were sacrificed on the altars of corporate greed and the perpetually piqued petulance of President Trump's domestic opponents.