The sad part is that imposing our will on other countries like this will surely work in the short term to much celebrating among Trump's fan club but this isn't

The sad part is that imposing our will on other countries like this will surely work in the short term to much celebrating among Trump's fan club but this isn't how you treat your friends. And over time we're going to find our soft power on the world stage greatly diminished as countries learn not to take favors from the US because they'll be leveraged against you later. I know Putin has Trump on a leash but even still I'm impressed they managed to trick him and his crew that the US isn't buying something extremely valuable by throwing our support behind Ukraine. Russia forgot to put the proxy in the war and exposed their real military. You couldn't ask for a better position for the US/NATO to be in getting to hit them directly and keep your hands clean and people out of conflict.