As America Stumbles, Russia Seeks To Fill The Power Vacuum.
As The United States is mired in domestic dysfunction, Russia under Putin’s leadership has been able to grow his sphere of influence. (Washington Post)
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“The more dysfunctional, polarized and erratic the United States seems at home, the more beset by domestic problems, the more ineffective in demonstrating leadership and dealing with them, especially during the pandemic, the better that is for Russia because they benefit from a world in which the United States is seen as unreliable and unpredictable,” said William J. Burns, a former deputy secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to Russia under George W. Bush who now leads the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Donald Trump, and his never ending mission to discredit American institutions and norms that essentially amount to load bearing walls, will forever be remembered a President who sided with foreign adversaries if it suited him in the moment.
