What Trump believes after every multi-hour conversation with Putin. Including the last one. Leaving Trump again praising Putin. Most have no idea how much espionage and sabotage has been ongoing, by Putin, in Europe.

From The Economist is a map of attacks only in the past few years.  Including communication cables, many simultaneous drone incursions, and even 30 mobile phone towers sabotaged in one part of Sweden.

Putin appears to be preparing for a possible invasion of Latvia.  He is not making Hitler's mistakes.  He is doing what Netanyahu is also doing.  Slowly subverted, undermining, and seeking weaknesses of his next conquest.

Where known Russian attacks occurred: