Oh , you tricked me . This isn ' t April Fools , how dare you . <| sep |> some of these shadows should have been much longer , specially in the west at sunset with these tall peaks . <| sep |> If you think Putin has even the slightest interest in war with the US , you are astoundingly ignorant of his politics and goals . Russia cannot compete with the US in a conventional war , and it ' s not in anyone ' s interest to bring about nuclear apocalypse . Instead , his goal is to bring former soviet states back within Russia ' s sphere of influence and destabilize NATO . To do that he needs to make the US look like it is wavering on its commitment to NATO allies in Eastern Europe . Thus , he supports and sweet talks the narcissist town fool we just elected as president . Trump then makes noises about liking PutinRussia and makes clear that he doesn ' t have any interest in stopping Putin from doing his thing . EstoniaLatviaetc will get scared and decide they will be safer under Putin ' s wing . Or their governments will become embroiled in political turmoil and Putin will use that as the pretext for his next intervention to defend Russians living abroad . When that happens , Trump will likely buy whatever nonsense excuse Putin sells him , because they will have developed such a great and peaceful relationship . Throw in the fact that Putin can now openly assert Russian influence in Syria without pretending he ' s doing anything else , and you ' ve pretty much got Vlad ' s wet dream . Trump is in over his head . Putin even gets to make Trump look weak by acting like Russia is graciously deciding to not pound us into dust with their glorious military , and Trump doesn ' t even notice .