Under Trump, Putin and Xi made a lot of ground with aggression of NATO and the USA. I think Iran influencing North Africa did well in moving toward autocratic governance. The more sovereign countries under Putin and Xi’s power they believe the better chances they have at removing all democratic governments and taking over those economies and assets.
I find the statement that Russia is establishing a buffer zone after months of neglect by the U.S. House a bit of an exaggeration.
Putin likes to appear at least as powerful as the most powerful. So. Israel is appearing very strong in redirecting land use in Gaza with a buffer zone, then, Putin is very power as well with his new victorious buffer zone.
Putin likes to talk a good story in hopes to intimidate NATO and the USA from sending more aide and/or funding to Ukraine. Those North African countries can count in their Jihadists traveling to the Russian front and dying. Iran is already on board by sending their drones.
These boys have plans now since the four years of capitalizing power under Trump.
Basically, Trump’s national security stance allows too much room for growth by our enemies.
