Yesterday, world leaders lined up to pay fealty ... err, "congratulate" Donald Trump on his reelection bid, including the Proxy Prince of Ukraine and the Collectivist Queen in Brussels.

Vladimir Putin waited until today, after his closest advisors and spokesman reiterated that US-Russia relations are at their "lowest point" in modern history, and so, could only improve.

China responded with veiled indifference.

These leaders, unlike their NATO and EU counterparts, are operating from a position of strength, which is why they don't need to prostrate themselves at the feet of the Orange Man to keep suckling off the teet of the US taxpayer.

If you pay attention to the war beneath the war, you also understand that they're operating from a position of shared informational (and NARRATIVE) dominance, in that they know exactly who Trump is, and share his natural enemies, just as they have the whole time.

The machine doesn't fear Trump, Putin OR Xi ...

They fear Trump, Putin AND Xi.