Following up my former comment, I add some screenshots to my given view as whom has to prove good intentions first and the most, which is the US:
Russian bases in comparison:
While I cannot verify these given information and I dislike the graphic presentation in forms of colors; meaning that the Russian bases should have been also given in red dots. Also, I wonder if the Russians do not have such bases in the very east of their country. So that leaves some question marks.
There may be no such need anymore, since we have been told that Russia developed hyperbolic missiles such as the Oreshnik, that overcomes great distances at mach speed, no matter where its basis sits.
So far, Trump himself, as well as part of his team, seems to show a behavior that is not fully prepared to call their troops home, but instead I have the image in my mind where a monkey, to free its hand from the hole in the tree, where it holds tightly onto the treasured salt, is incapable to relax its fist. The monkey is desperate and caught between its desire for the salt and its fear towards a possible predator.
RE: DOGE Offense Bypasses Deep State Defenses