Tom Nichols tweet

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18. It sounds like Putin is undergoing a psychotic break.

I can't remember where I heard it, but someone highly familiar with the situation said he/she was hearing that members of the Duma are terrified of his recent behavior, believing that he's in the middle of some kind of psychiatric episode that's driving him to behave this way. Rumor has it that he has Parkinson's disease which can cause this sort of behavior, and IIRC, he had COVID, which can also cause psychiatric issues. Whatever it is, it's exacerbating the fact that he's just a fucking sociopath.

I agree with the others that Putin's behavior looks very Trump-like, especially the "cornered rat" version of Trump. He was probably expecting Biden and NATO to roll over, and not only didn't they roll over, they just got more unified. Putin is running out of options, and none of them are good for him. He's realizing that now, which is why we're seeing the Trump-like panic behavior.