"It will be some time before there is any thaw in the U.S.-Russia relationship," West said.
Still, experts said Russia would not likely risk a war with the United States. Russia is no longer a global power, as it was during the Cold War, and the country's power is limited to Europe. The nation does not have much ability to project its power globally.
In sharp contrast, the United States is a global super power, U.S. analysts said.
Dan Mahaffee, senior vice president and director of policy at the Center for the study of Congress and the Presidency, told Xinhua that now is one of the nadirs in the U.S.-Russia relationship, but it could be far worse.
"Both nations have a greater level of economic engagement than the depths of the Cold War, (but) Syria is a far cry from the proxy conflicts of the Cold War," he said of the conflict in which both the U.S. and Russia are indirectly involved.
"That said, the United States will continue to face a Russia that is asserting its power," Mahaffee said.
Mahaffee noted there continues to be confusion on why Trump often refuses to speak ill of Russian actions, both during the election and abroad, that many Americans and their elected officials find reprehensible.
While Trump signed the sanctions into law earlier this week, he did so reluctantly, saying that he signed them "for the sake of national unity."
On Wednesday, Trump blasted Congress for what he said was bringing U.S.-Russia relations to a "dangerous low."
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