Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> isn’t a reliable ally – but <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nato</span></a> dollars can be more persuasive than <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p><p>There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> may come to regret testing his patience</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-nato-valdimir-putin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jul/16/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-nato-valdimir-putin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ComradeKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComradeKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Psychopaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychopaths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p>