trudeau put putin had donald trump elected president after the ukraine pulls away from russia, kicking out prudent as these three incredibly brazen things, they all turn out surprisingly well. seize crimea, boost assad, help get donald trump elected. all in three years. now he has an ally in donald trump, which is incredibly important. volodymyr putin does not have soft power to pressure foreign policy, aside from gas and oil. that could be very influential, it is not the same kind of soft power that the u.s., nato, others can yield in parts of the world. trump becomes prudence soft power. we see a play out in all sorts of ways, pushing montenegro out of the way at a nato meeting. repeating the russian line about montenegro starting world war iii by joining the event. montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people. or albania.