However you want to slice it, my take is things are falling apart for Putin and his regime. Over a million casualties, really not a goddamned thing to show for it, and no end in sight.

Trump is a cuckoo, but Rubio, however he's playing along as a MAGA faithful, is actually sharp. The Europeans see what's up. Putin's 2 week Special Operation has now got Sweden and Finland in NATO and Germany re-arming.

China holds the keys. If Xi Jinping decides to cut Putin lose, it all falls apart.