Trump's alleged cooperation with Russia has undermined the stability of the global system.

"After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin." #uspol #ukraine #russia #china https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18-2026?r=191e2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18-2026?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qh2ap

“After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin.” —Heather Cox Richardson, October 18, 2026 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18-2026 #trump #putin #usa #russia

"After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin." — Heather Cox Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18-2026