Wish I was half as creative <| sep |> I almost entirely agree with you , and I ' m one of the people who ' s pretty sure Russia had a major hand in getting Trump elected . The only thing I ' ll add in regard to Russia ' s future relevance is that they ' re going to have a lot more resources and lebensraum become available to them as global warming opens up Siberia . Romney was prescient , but the USA should be able to easy fend off Russia ' s influence as we stake out our territory on the world stage as a neopostcolonial state UKFranceGermany . The trends heavily favor China in the coming decades , and there ' s nothing we can do to halt that . Unfortunately we ' re a mess societally . Our old foe is doing their best to drag us down to their level . Along with Europe .