Trump said similar things, but actually strengthened NATO, renew missiles to Poland that Obama canceled, Trump sanctioned Nordstream 2 but Biden lifted those sanctions, and Trump spent his entire term having the U.S. military train the Ukrainian military. Putin likes nothing more than democracies dependent on him for fossil fuels; Biden gave Putin that dependence after Trump got the U.S. energy independence. Words mean nothing. Democrats behave more like Putin stooges than Republicans do, and Republicans like Trump have shown that words are meaningless, this time in a good way.