Direct retaliation against the US by Russia would see air superiority gained by NATO within 24hrs, followed by decapitation strikes which would see Putin's klep

Direct retaliation against the US by Russia would see air superiority gained by NATO within 24hrs, followed by decapitation strikes which would see Putin's kleptocracy systematically eliminated. The US may have domestic issues, but they also have the largest, most capable armed forces that have ever existed in the entirety of human history. If they ever decide to go 'total war' then the target is, in the vernacular, fucked.