"A hubristic and isolated leader, beset by biases and skewed information, pressed forward with the calamitous decision to invade Ukraine without consulting his full cohort of advisers."

I believe that perhaps their generals were making millions less than the military budget, not maintaining equipment or training troops in preparation for the attack, which they probably thought would not actually happen. They wanted to enrich themselves like the elite were doing. the envy. And, his informants in Ukraine may have been exaggerating their reports about Ukrainians wanting to be "free". If he had told the truth, he would have been pulled out long ago and lost his custodial post in Ukraine. In the end, he probably thought Trump had weakened NATO and Ukraine enough. And it turned out to be wrong.

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