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by tomp 1462 days ago
Because Trump threatened to strike back. Putin was afraid of Trump, but he knows that Biden has no spine.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/22/trump-talks-threatening-putin-...

> “If you move against Ukraine while I’m president,” Trump is said to have told the Russian leader, “I will hit Moscow.”

> Putin reportedly scoffed, “No way,” leading Trump to say, “All those beautiful golden turrets will be blown up.”

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Trump didnt even protect his kurd allies from the turks when all he had to do was do nothing.
You cannot compare these two situation.
People don't want to believe this because they hate Trump. But there's no denying he was unpredictable and that's not something you want from the most powerful man in the world if you are trying to destabilize the world. There's no way Putin invades with Trump in power.