I suspect there would be some ‘quid pro quo’ in play here.
The US takes a ‘hands off’ approach to Ukraine, or stops NATO expansion in exchange for Putin cooperating in Syria.
It’ll be interesting to see this play out. Trump can see 5 moves down the game... most of us are lucky to see three.
There is all kinds of statesmanship, good or bad, playing out behind the scenes. People are just losing their minds and aren’t even waiting for the smoke to clear before drawing conclusions.