PRAGMATIC ISSUES

Once upon a time, Donald Trump looked at Vladimir Putin the way a high school sophomore looks at the quarterback who just threw him a wink across the locker room. It was all admiration, projection, and just a touch of dangerous fantasy. Trump thought he’d found in Putin a kindred spirit another “strong man” who didn’t bother with rules, decorum, or democracy. But somewhere between the war in Ukraine, the arms deals with North Korea, and Russia’s new flirtations with Beijing, the bromance has gone stone cold.

Poor Don. His crush has moved on.

Putin’s New Axis and Trump’s Jealous Tweets

Trump spent years insisting he alone could make “great deals” with Putin. But it’s 2025 now, and Putin’s too busy posing with Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping to return Trump’s emotional investment. Russia just signed a treaty with North Korea that basically says, “If you mess with my little nuclear buddy, you mess with me.” And Trump, the man who once bragged he’d “get along great with Kim Jong Un” wasn’t even invited to the party.

Now, he’s raging like a jilted ex. He’s ranting about China’s “treachery,” warning of “massive tariffs,” and acting like a spurned lover trying to make his old flame jealous by dating their enemy’s enemy. But Putin doesn’t care he’s already found someone who actually brings missiles to the relationship.

The Global Mean Girls Table

Let’s be honest: Putin, Xi, and Kim have formed their own exclusive clique. Russia gets artillery and isolation-busting trade, China gets leverage, and North Korea gets validation (and maybe vodka). Trump? He’s outside the cafeteria, banging on the window with a MAGA hat, yelling, “Hey guys, remember me? I was the one who called NATO obsolete!”

Putin’s silence says it all. When asked about Trump recently, Russian media barely mentioned him the political equivalent of “seen, not replied.” For a man who once bragged about “letters of love” with Kim Jong Un, this kind of ghosting must sting. Putin’s moved on to more dependable authoritarians.

The World Stage Isn’t Tinder, But Try Telling Trump That

In his speeches this week, Trump’s escalated his rhetoric against China, calling for “economic annihilation” the verbal equivalent of posting thirst traps after a breakup. He’s trying to prove he doesn’t need Putin. He’s strong, independent, and capable of destroying trade relationships all by himself.

But deep down, you can sense it: the longing. Trump misses the validation the strongman recognition he craved from Putin’s cold blue eyes. It’s not foreign policy anymore; it’s unrequited love. And the world’s watching the fallout like an episode of Real Dictators of the G20.

From Love Letters to Sanctions

Putin’s busy rewriting his black book, Moscow, Pyongyang, Beijing, Tehran, while Trump clutches his old letters and mutters, “We could’ve been beautiful.”

Even Kim Jong Un, once Trump’s pen pal, is now Putin’s plus-one. Somewhere in Mar-a-Lago, Trump is probably wondering, What does Kim see in him that he didn’t see in me? Maybe it’s the consistency. Maybe it’s the tanks.

Trump’s problem is he always mistook flattery for friendship. Putin played him like a fiddle, all praise, no payoff. Now, as Russia builds a dangerous new bloc with North Korea and China, Trump’s left behind, yelling at clouds about tariffs while the real power brokers pass him by.

My Humble Conclustin- One-Man Cold War

Donald Trump didn’t lose an ally, no no, he lost an audience. What he has Pete Hegseth but please push the army to strike it’s own. They talk a lot but talk is, well cheap.

Putin doesn’t need him anymore, and that more than anything, is what drives him mad. He’s not part of the new authoritarian power trio. He’s just the loud ex who still shows up to the bar wearing the old campaign merch, telling everyone he made Putin famous.

It’s the geopolitical version of getting dumped over text. The bad news? Putin’s not coming back. The good news? Trump will keep tweeting about it which means the rest of us will never run out of popcorn.

Trumps Song to Putin, he loves you bro.