But the Trump administration is ... charitably ... being isolationist and is poised to fire a massive number of generals from the existing military leadership.

But the Trump administration is ... charitably ... being isolationist and is poised to fire a massive number of generals from the existing military leadership. They have also massively purged the CIA and NSA, while installing moronic stooges at the head of all of those agencies. Uncharitably ... he is doing Putin's bidding for whatever unknown reason Putin has such absolute influence over Trump, because Putin thinks it will allow him to invade eastern NATO and retake the Sulwalki gap and possibly the former warsaw pact, which is basically a pipe dream of a madman. Russia does not have the military hardware to beat Ukraine, and it doesn't have the manpower: Russian meat waves can barely be sustained in Ukraine, and certainly wouldn't against the EU NATO forces as they exist now.