[Tommy Revolts]

It’s not that. Blinken is out of his league. Both the Russians and the Chinese are bitch slapping us right now. Wouldn’t happen under Trump. Just sayin.

[rrrod]

Yep. Russia/China wouldn’t dare get frisky with Trump.

[piasa]

Russia has sought to assert its influence over wide areas of the Arctic in competition with the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway as shrinking polar ice from the warming planet offers new opportunities for resources and shipping routes. China also has shown an increasing interest in the region, believed to hold up to one-fourth of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas.