The Kremlin says Putin and Trump were so friendly neither wanted to hang up first. This is the kind of thing dictatorships say when they want everyone to know the relationship is locked in. Trump has already abandoned Ukraine, thanked Putin for oil deals, and prioritized global energy supplies over Zelenskyy's war concerns. Now the Kremlin gets to broadcast that the US President doesn't want their call to end. The picture forming across this week is unmistakable: Trump is openly reorienting American foreign policy toward Russia while eviserating every alliance that doesn't serve his immediate interests. The State Department is neutered, Ukraine is disposable, and the Kremlin's framing of these calls as intimate friendship serves Trump's purposes as much as Moscow's.