Trump threating Greenland and NATO has ONE real outcome - and it only benefits Putin.
The EU now has to defend on a new front. Shift troops and resources to a place they never had the need to defend before.

Putin is laughing.

9/ The use of 'mask shows' played a key part in killing Russian democracy under Putin. Russia's experience shows that while masking may start with a limited purpose, it soon becomes a key tool for bringing society under authoritarian control through its intimidatory effect. /end

8/ 'Mask shows' continue to be used regularly in Russia, often against political dissidents and suspected supporters of Ukraine. There is no longer much threat against the lives of officers, but they have learned how useful masks can be as a means of state intimidation.

The irony: Makhno commanded 20,000 fighters against Russian imperial control a century ago. The Bolsheviks twice allied with him, then betrayed him both times. He died in Paris exile after refusing to submit to Moscow.

During WWII, Germany tried to cut deals with Western allies. Those efforts were "consistently rebuffed." Today, a Trump-Putin deal appears "more likely than not."

What's missing now that existed then? A singular focus on defeating the aggressor.

Zelenskyy, a democratically elected leader defending his country against an existential threat, gets endless debates over ammunition quantities and conditions attached.