If Trump is elected president in 2024, there is every reason to believe he will hand Ukraine over to Putin and destroy NATO as we have known it. A slim majority of Republican leaders will be appalled by this but will do nothing meaningful to stop it; after all, Trump is one of them, and they voted for him. The remainder will celebrate. In their eyes, Putin is their friend in the universal war against wokeness, and a potential ally against China if only he can be appeased.
For reasons I described in earlier posts, this line of reasoning is dangerously wrong. The GOP mainstream needs to assert itself in the campaign and nominate a candidate who won’t undo Biden’s diplomatic successes relative to the Axis of Autocracy. Otherwise, Amerlca will find itself dangerously isolated in its dealings with both revanchist powers.