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Originally Posted by Pete F.
Unfortunately I think Putin sees big cracks in the Euro, NATO, US alliance.
At the very least there is the appearance that the traditional alliances are fragile and in diplomacy appearances count.
Hopefully Trump will not learn the hard way that private beatings are better than public dressing down and that there are consequences to verbal abuse of other leaders. Those things have a way of coming back to bite you.
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There may be verbal squabbles, but there are no cracks in the alliance for Putin to see. There is a visible weakness in the partners will to actually fight. He tested that weakness and got Crimea. How much further testing he does remains to be seen. He and Trump are not getting along at this point. Europe has a way to go before it can match Russia's penchant for building military strength and aggression.
Are you willing to go to war with Russia and its alliance with China?