And I wonder now, if djt is trying to replicate the so-called end times, when Russia and the US became allies, to defeat the 'beast'.

Staunch (2 times) : Germany, England
Good (1 time) Spain, France, Italy, Mexico,

Fought but lost! Rewrite history time. Russia (after WWi), Viet-nam

Feel free to add.

If Ukraine doesn't surrender. Think of all the intelligence we have on Ukraine from working with them for 3 years. We probably know exactly where every Ukrainian military target is. Trump could easily hand all that info to Putin at a minimum, instantly crippling their defense. Worst case, he will order the US military to attack them ourselves.

vote "yes" has me thinking.

My reasoning for voting "No" is that I think Putin, Trump and Xi are more preoccupied with dividing up the planets into spheres of influence than fighting wars. Also, I don't really know who our enemy would be. It wouldn't be China, since Russia and China already have an alliance.

But I need to think this through. I don't see what is to be gained by the United States, except that it relieves us of our responsibilities to defend anybody but ourselves (and Russia?). I just can't.... Sure, Putin loves the prestige of such a notion. Again, though: An alliance against who? And please don't say "an alliance against Europe, Canada, Greenland and Japan," because that's absurd. But maybe nothing is too absurd for Trump.

But I've been accused of naivete before.

about spheres of influence on the Bulwark. This is how TSF sees the world. But the king of America has a hankering for revenge so what better way to show his many detractors than actually supporting a Rusdian military alliance.

30% cut to the Pentagon? WTF!

He's been wanting that for some time now

Well, China has 10 times the population of Russia. China has all the money in the world. Russia has never been able to populate or industrialize Siberia and Eastern Russia. I think China will eventually realize that its only hope for expansion is in Russia. We would not want to find ourselves in a position where we’e defending Russia from China.