Putin is a piece of work, but so is Merkle. I think that between her and the idiots like Juncker in the EU Europe has got self-inflicted problems. Outside of that, there’s no reason we couldn’t easily cut mutually beneficial deals with most of the Europeans.
The Asian countries are not without their pitfalls.
Personally, I think we are the future, if we can shake off all of the interference that has decided that we are over.
I trust Putin more than I trust Addled Angie.