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Dyed in the wool conservative Nick Catoggio tells the Dispatch that President Donald Trump has managed to succeed where many other U.S presidents have failed \u2014 in pushing Russia into a hot war with the rest of NATO, that is.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStrange as it may sound, in many ways this is an opportune moment for Putin to confront the West,\u201d wrote Catoggio, citing Trump\u2019s CIA chief fretting that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mulling the prosect, and considering it soon. <\/p>\n

But why would Russia try it now? Because even more so than usual, \u201can overextended White House is compelled by circumstance to think twice before involving America in any new wars,\u201d Catoggio answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cLogistically, the U.S. is in no position at the moment to wage a two-front war of its own,\u201d Catoggio reports, citing a Wall Steet Journal report claiming Precision Strike Missile and Army Tactical Missile Systems are crucial to repel a Russian land invasion. <\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to Trump\u2019s folly in Iran, we\u2019re a little short on both,\u201d Catoggio rants.<\/p>\n

But Trump is more than a president with a wasteful bonehead in charge of his military. He also cultivates \u201cfecklessness and ideological sympathies\u201d with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump has always craved d\u00e9tente with authoritarian Russia; no president since the Cold War has been more reluctant to confront Moscow militarily than he is,\u201d said Catoggio. \u201cHe\u2019s also a ripe target to be terrorized by an \u2018escalate to de-escalate\u2019 ploy, as he\u2019s been bleating about the Ukraine war as a prelude to World War III since his last presidential campaign \u2014 and chastised Zelensky about it to his face during the latter\u2019s infamous Oval Office visit in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

Worse, the president is also \u201cchronically aggrieved at Europe,\u201d said Catoggio, particularly after America\u2019s NATO allies declined to \u201cjoin his silly war in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s easy to imagine him reacting to news of a Russian invasion of Poland with a shrug: \u2018They didn\u2019t help us with the Strait of Hormuz, why would we help them with Putin?\u2019 I wouldn\u2019t even put it past Trump to dial up the Kremlin and offer to recognize their authority over the territory they\u2019ve seized if they can persuade Iran to reopen the strait. He\u2019s a fan of quid pro quos, you may have heard,\u201d said Catoggio.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, Trump might refuse to join a military effort to push Russian troops out of NATO territory because he\u2019s afraid of what a war in Europe would do to the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] wouldn\u2019t be the first time that he sold out to a rogue regime to spare himself a presidential legacy of economic hardship,\u201d said Catoggio. <\/p>\n

But Trump is already looking like a meek, weak leader, and a Russian invasion would compound his \u201cshow of weakness in Iran with a second, more consequential show of weakness toward Putin.\u201d After enough surrendering the kids on the schoolyard \u201cwhom you\u2019re hoping to bully in the future might begin to draw certain lessons about you,\u201d said Catoggio.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy guess is that the president would approach a Russian incursion into NATO territory the way he\u2019s approached U.S. backing for Ukraine, splitting the baby by reducing America\u2019s support without ending it altogether,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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