China summit: With U.S. engaged, Putin, Xi and Modi would be left empty-handed

Imagine if, back in 2022, Ukraine had been able to receive 600 tanks, close the skies as it asked, and avoid shell shortages. If in 2023, rather than a year later, we had received long-range missiles and F-16s, and in 2024 there had been no six-month pause in U.S. weapons supplies.

The situation would have been different.

History would have been different.

And those three in the photo could have been left empty-handed, instead of planning expansion in Europe — and not only in Europe.

As for 2025, it goes without saying — the new administration, instead of breaking with the tendencies of its predecessors, further encouraged Russia to continue the war — and Moscow is doing so precisely because of the weakness of the White House.

Six months of staring into Putin’s eyes — and not a single firm stance. On the contrary, one can imagine the thunderous laughter in the Kremlin when they read Trump’s tweets.

The U.S. has not only abandoned global leadership — it is actively drifting toward self-isolation and democratic decline.

And since vacuums emerge, that space is being filled by those who have long waited for their time to come. And it seems that time has now arrived for them…

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About the author: Viktor Shlinchak, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of World Policy

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