Sam Kiley: Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands with glee at global upheaval caused by Donald Trump's antics
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Sam Kiley: Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands with glee at global upheaval caused by Donald Trump's antics
"US president is distracting from Ukraine as well as weakening Nato All eyes are on Greenland. And that is exactly what Vladimir Putin wants. Russia's president must be rubbing his hands together and giggling with glee as he watches the president of the US deliver the kind of strategic effect for Russia that a KBG colonel could only dream of."
"Donald Trump's peevish narcissism is Russia's greatest asset. And whilehis myopic view of Greenland dominates geopolitics, it distracts from what is going on thousands of miles to the east."
Donald Trump's fixation on Greenland shifts attention away from Europe and undermines NATO cohesion. Russian leadership gains strategic advantage as allies focus on a peripheral issue. The US president's behavior creates diplomatic distraction that reduces scrutiny of Russian actions toward Ukraine. Political narcissism at the helm of US policy amplifies adversary benefits by diverting media, public, and allied attention. The diversion allows Russia to exploit gaps in Western coordination and weakens collective deterrence. Sustained focus on non-strategic territories compromises alliance priorities and complicates support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. The cumulative effect diminishes NATO credibility and emboldens further Russian initiatives.
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