Donald Trump is a gullible moron. And foreign enemies have exploited that colossal weakness. Trump has been compromised.
He was compromised before he was elected.
I seriously doubt there was any direct compromise of Trump before he was elected. Trump used to brag that he had a personal relationship with Putin before he was elected, but I am convinced he was lying out of his ass. However, it reveals just how much of a schoolgirl crush Trump has always had for Putin, and thus advertised his vulnerabilities to Putin.
Putin is now exploiting that vulnerability to his great advantage in Syria. And Putin will push for Trump to surrender still more American influence in the Middle East so he can step into the vacuum.
And Iraq, where we exchanged 4K dead and 32K wounded and trillions, as well as our international credibility when lying about womd, for a flawed but functioning Shiaa republic …. sits directly between Putin and Iran.
Iran is a client state of Russia. When Iran surrendered their enriched uranium under the nuclear agreement, they gave it to Russia.
Iran's nuke program was achieved through Russian aid.
It's always been funny to me how the pseudocons idolize and praise Russia, but foam at the mouth and call for war with Iran.
They live in a really weird information vacuum.