When Americans starts seeing Russia as a potential ally.. What a meme.
Keep your friends close and enemies closer? idk why the two largest nuclear powers in the world having close cooperation is a bad thing.
Has international pressure to change Russia's ways changed anything? Doesn't seem like it
It's not about the fact that they're both large, powerful and have nuclear weapons. The issue with befriending Russia is their blatant corruption, silencing of the press, locking up political opponents/dissidents and disregard for modern borders. Pretending that it isn't happening does nothing to help the US's image as a supposed bastion of liberty and justice.
Obviously it extends to many other countries as well, including Saudi Arabia, China, Turkey and so on, but we all know that consumers love cheap shit and oil and the US wouldn't want to do anything to harm its relationship with its main suppliers.
Not that I believe any of that crap about the US anyway, but if they're going to spout that bullshit everywhere the least they could do is attempt to uphold it.