H&H says:
Overall, the only thing that vaguely stacks up is a deal between Trump and Putin - "You do what you want and we'll stay out of it - we do what we want and you stay out of it!". Given the last couple of years, really, this is the only logical conclusion.
Last year Trump said he didn't give a damn about Europe but he liked Putin and could do business with him. This totally amoral President views everything in terms of wheeler-dealering as long as it makes money for him and his family along with the US. He has said again that Russia should have the Donbass where the rare minerals are mined -- as long as Putin splits half the takings with him.
I won't be surprised if Trump begins slipping favours to Putin to hinder Ukraine -- Europe's defender for the past four years -- while lifting sanctions too. The Iran episode shows that he acts on his whims no matter what warnings he receives from advisers who are swiftly fired. More likely than not he is abandoning NATO and will soon proclaim a great victory as he scuttles out of the Mideast mess he has created. Peace prize, anyone?
Edited to add reply to DTRed: the UK can do nothing about it. Our one and only destroyer lies U/S in the Med while a Russian warship escorts two shadow fleet tankers through the Channel and they in turn are shadowed by the best UK can offer, an RFA tanker. Prime minister Starmer has indeed promised some defence funding in 2027 but his payout of £3 billion in new welfare benefits comes first. Then our world statesmen sweeps off to a conference in the Middle East ...