There is something odd about what Trump is doing?

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2. Putin wants to break up the post-WW2 alliance.

The former U.S.S.R. (with Russia being the most significant part), ended up shrinking post-1989, eventually losing E. Germany and obviously later, the rest of the "parts and pieces" that made up its mini-empire, all released to be independent. Ever since, they have been drained of resources (whether due to years of sanctions and boycotts or due to excessive military spending) and have been trying to claw that back. The easiest way seemed to be to cause discord in order to compromise what was already becoming a fragile alliance as we continue to move further away from the WW2 era memories.