TheAllAmericanHoneyBadger Announcement Template V2

Yeah, Trump tried to improve relations but Biden just destroyed them all. It’s very unfortunate that this would happen, as USA and Russia would be unstoppable as allies

Antagonism against America and the West began under Putin's reign, increasing over time as his power consolidated. Present circumstances began a little bit before Biden. Just a weeeeeeeeee bit.

Trump being an embarrassingly overt subservient sychophant to Putin is hardly what would be considered to be improved relations.

It was bound to happen, in fact, it's surprising it took this long, not that it could have happened overnight.

President Clinton (Bill Cinton, Hillary's husband who was president from 1993 to 2001) had privately told Boris Yeltsin something about that he doesn't think Putin has democracy at heart. In fact, Yeltsin later came to regret having picked Putin as his successor.

Putin has openly stated that the dissolution of the USSR was a mistake for Russia. He has made no secret that he wishes to rebuild that empire. You don't get to do that without bumping some heads along the way.