OS,  I believe you are now starting to get to what Trump may be thinking.  Why not be "more" aligned with a power that will actually do something as opposed to nations that want to talk one into a stupor?  A nation that will back up their declarations with real action?  Do you think that will make all the Western European nations that don't pay their bills for defense, fight when called upon, and don't have defense establishment to defend themselves from Andorra, let alone Russia to sit up and take notice?  This is an interesting realpolitik thought and definitely changes the rules of the game for everyone.