The Russian Stooge does have a minor point.
If Vladimir Putin ever hopes to achieve his goal of restoring the U.S.S.R. to its former power and glory, thus making himself (and his legacy) the greatest leader Russia has ever known, he [Putin] certainly can't afford have a U.S. NATO ally blocking the road to his success.
But first things first. Solving the conundrum means Mr. Putin needed a man in the Oval Office, a weaselly despotic sociopath really, who was prone to visions of his own unlimited power to force his subjects to bow and scrape before him. And a kingly "Off with their heads" if they refuse.
Well, we all know how that worked out.
Now it's time for Mr. Weaselly D. Sociopath to give it another try. However, the political geography on Europe's eastern border has changed somewhat with the onset of even more NATO allies, backed militarily by the United States.
So, part #2 of conundrum #1 is for Mr. Weaselly D. Sociopath to weaken NATO enough for Russia to militarily part the waters and restore the old U.S.S.R.
Simple, right?
Which puts us at this point in time. Just a few months away from becoming a "subject" in a dictatorship with no rights other than those granted on the whims of Mr. Weaselly D. Sociopath ~~ or living in a free country under the protective wing of Democracy where personal choices are plentiful.
As I posted in another thread, an AP report (paywalled) stated that Vladimir Putin was raging mad that Ukraine had acquired and was now using long range missiles. I believe the quote was "The U.S. and Ukraine are going to burn in hell." Along with something like, "The United States should be shaking with fear" or some such thing.
I can't help but compare this to another Russian boondoggle when Mr. Putin invaded Ukraine, only to find out later that his Defense Minister (and BFF) had been robbing Russia's Defense Fund blind for years.
Compare Russia's tale of woe to what we can expect when Trump put's his own incompetent sycophants in charge of the U.S. military. ~ or anything, actually.