>>513170033
I think in some ways, maybe that is why Trump was allowed to win. One of the benefits of a democracy is that it actually affords diplomatic latitude. Maybe this sounds like conspiracy stuff, but to have a more friendly face come into Washington, it lets Washington save face, actually. Because ordinarily, if you just had one regime from 2022 until today, it would be a very significant about face to go from "Putin is a war criminal. We need to overthrow him. We are not going to accept any territorial losses." To now, what they're saying is, well, hey, let's just stop the fighting. Let's just freeze the battle lines where they are. You can keep what you've gotten so far. If it was one consistent regime, that would be a defeat. But if you have a regime change, if it goes from Biden to Trump, and Donald Trump rides in on this opposition to the war from the public, then Trump can say, well, there's a new sheriff in town, new leadership. We want to end the war. And so now the new line is, well, let's just freeze the battle lines where they are. Let's just stop. But of course, this benefits the American side. For Trump to say, let's just stop the fighting, that's very convenient because now Russia's winning. So Trump says, let's just call it quits. We just don't want to see anyone die anymore. It's super convenient now that Russia is about to break making these rapid gains. Of course, the American side just wants to shut it all down.