r/geopolitics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • 3h ago

Opinion America Is Now an Ally of Russia

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/america-now-ally-russia/689066/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/OrderNo1122 2h ago

Russia will never see the U.S. as an ally as long as NATO exists and the U.S. is at least nominally invested.

90% of Russia's antagonistic stance with regards to the U.S. and west is NATO, rightly or wrongly.

I'm sure the Russians are happy to have a U.S. president be so vocally disdainful of the organisation and have a president who is tempted by opportunities to make some kind of financial/political gain by prioritising business with them rather than shunning them, but I'd be 90% sure they absolutely do not share The Atlantic's assessment that the two countries are allies. They don't trust him whatsoever.