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And of course leaving Syria and getting out of the Iran nuclear deal, leaving the Paris climate accords, threatening to leave NATO, love affair with Kim, and the lack of support for Ukraine all benefit Putin.

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The U.S. never left Syria, but should never have been there in the first place. I'm anything but a Trump supporter, but the U.S. support for NATO expansion via the addition of Ukraine is what pushed Russia to invade in 2022. Read John Mearsheimer.

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From Wikipedia

7] However, on 19 December, President Trump unilaterally ordered the withdrawal of the 2,000–2,500 US ground troops in Syria at the time, which was to be completed in 2019.[168][169][170] With proliferating concerns over a potential power vacuum, the US announced on 22 February 2019 that instead of a total withdrawal, a contingency force of around 400 US troops would remain garrisoned in Syria indefinitely, and that their withdrawal would be gradual and conditions-based, returning to a policy of open-ended American military presence in the country.[171][172]

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