Twice in the above comment you ignored the fact that any actions by Trump didn't reveal anything about how Biden might later act. Two Presidents can behave very

Twice in the above comment you ignored the fact that any actions by Trump didn't reveal anything about how Biden might later act. Two Presidents can behave very differently, and foreign leaders have to determine how each will act based on their analysis of the current leader, not the past. IOW, whatever conclusions the Afghan gov or Putin drew from Trump's actions, neither of them could reasonably conclude that Biden would act the same way. Putin's conclusions about Biden were surely based on the observation that Biden continued the withdrawal even after the Taliban ignored the terms of the agreement and attacked Afghanistan. The Taliban's actions certainly gave Biden plenty of excuses to ignore the peace agreement. (Presidents don't actually need a reason to change agreements with other nations, as long as they aren't ratified by the Senate, but if Biden wanted some, he had them). tldr: Would anyone expect Trump in 2025 to act like Biden in 2024? No? Then why would anyone (including Putin) expect Biden in 2021 to act like Trump in 2020?