re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Putin had also not annexed any territory back then. I suspect that he will continue to butt heads with US foreign policy interests regardless of who is in the White House.

This. Remember that George W. Bush soured on Putin a great deal after Russia moved against Georgia in 2008. That doesn’t come up much, mostly because GWB has kept a low profile since leaving office, but he’s made it clear enough.