Will international disrespect for American influence lead to disrespect for the American dollar?
It's no surprise that Putin invaded during Obama's and Biden's presidencies instead of Trump's - American Thinker "Russian President Vladimir Putin remembers how cooperative Obama and Biden were during their eight years in office, no matter what he did.
"In 2009, Obama backed out of a promise to put up missile shields in Poland and the Czech Republic, which certainly appeased Putin. It showed NATO members that the U.S could not be trusted to keep its word.". . .
Obama tells Russia's Medvedev more flexibility after election | Reuters
American liberals will no doubt say that the blithering idiot in the Oval Office had nothing to to with Putin’s flex. I think we all know, however, that Uncle Vlad probably wouldn’t be so bold if the United States of America had a functional president. As we discussed yesterday, when the resident of the White House is a weak leftist, the bad people in the world tend to have a field day.
Russia Ukraine crisis: Does the Nazi invasion of Poland is indeed similar? | Marca
In a public address, Putin called Ukraine "a colony" that is oppressing Russian speakers. Putin questioned the legitimacy of his leader -who was elected democratically-. In 1939, Hitler claimed the Sudetenland territory at the Munich Conference. Western leaders, including Neville Chamberlain, agreed to annex the territories in exchange for peace. Germany celebrated the resolution by sending the troops into the territory as a parade.