#Putin and #Trump are alike. They share the logic that large countries needs to consume smaller countries for their self-preservation and unwilling countries must be punished to compliance with threats, invasions and tariffs.
Acting as leaders, they show very little ability to lead and cooperate. This is just #kleptocracy https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-arctic-trump-greenland-2dbd00625c2c0c3bd94a2c96c7015b69
#China, #USA and #Russia is in a battle of world dominance and other countries that stands in their way are just collateral damage. Because they need energy, minerals, food for their over consumption (not sustainable consumption) they will just take what they perceive what they need, China is more sneaky and uses the market and influence in non democratic countries and even #WHO and #WTO Russia has long done hybrid warfare and the US has now turned a real bully.