Putin has long wanted more power in Europe. Trump could grant him.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shocked the public at the Annual Conference on Monaco's security in 2007 asking for the rollback of the overbearing American influence and a new balance of power in Europe most suitable for Moscow.He didn't get what he wanted - then.Almost two decades later, during the same conference, the best officials of President Trump's cabinet clarified one thing: Putin found an American administration that could help him realize his dream.The comments of the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the vice president JD Vance raised fears among the participants who under the new administration the United States could align with Russia and take Europe or abandon it completely.Such a change, analysts say, would give Mr. Putin a previously unthinkable victory much more i...