'It is no coincidence that Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China have cemented their grip on cherished goals as the clock runs down on US President Trump's first, and possibly only, term in office,' NicRobertsonCNN writes. | Analysis
It's far from clear that the next US President will be able to roll back the consequences of this week, which leave both Presidents Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Xi Jinping in Beijing more decisively in control of their own countries and more able to act assertively.In other words, Trump has made an indelible mark on the world -- and it may not be for the good.
Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton recalls in his new book"The Room Where It Happened" Trump's 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland."Putin had to be laughing uproariously at what he had gotten away with," writes Bolton, after Trump accepted Putin's assurances there had been no Russian interference in the 2016 US campaign.So fast forward to this year as Putin, in power for 20 years, needed a constitutional fix to hold on for longer.
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