Baltics could very well be on the menu, but it will not be this year. Not next year. Not the year after that. Right now, Russia needs to rebuild their military

Baltics could very well be on the menu, but it will not be this year. Not next year. Not the year after that. Right now, Russia needs to rebuild their military as much as they can, and get their real economy back in shape. My prediction is that IF Ukraine is being forced into a shitty peace agreement, Russia will spend the next 3-4 years rebuilding everything they can, and then when Trump has 6 months left, they'll go all-inn on Ukraine. Trump is effectively in his lame duck period, no republicans want to campaign on entering a huge war, and while democrats might campaign on defending Ukraine - it will not be a popular issue among regular voters. Then, if Russia manages to do that, other countries will be on the chopping block years later. I simply do not believe Russia has the manpower, or political backing to do a mobilization required to invade the Baltics. Even if this would be the right moment to do it, with a completely neutered USA.