Interesting development.
US deep state made a wrong move in Ukraine. They thought they could steal Ukraine from right under Russian nose without any concecqunces. Ukraine is a mess now and US deep state and EU elites are still behaving arrogantly. Maybe Afghanistan fiasco gave them the reality check they much needed.
If US mends their relationship with Russia it will be biggest geopolitical blow to Chinese ambitions. However there is a strong anti-Russia lobby in DC, especially among Democrats. so it won't be that easy.
Its now going on for some time now,
Democrats= Anti Russia
Republicans= Anti China
When a Republican is in White House than Democrats accuse them of Russian collusion and when a Democrat is in White House than Republicans accuse them of Chinese collusion.
One of the reason I can come up with, Republicans sympathise with Russia as majority of Russians are Orthodox Christians.
And about Democrats, they sympathise with China because they themselves have totally tilted towards Communism and Globalism just like China.
So basically a "Religious Right Vs Marxist Left".
US deepstate has failed to do a regime change in Belarus, just as they did with Ukraine. Its main aim is to dislodge Putin. Russia will not sit quite if Ukraine joins NATO and its troops swarm around Russian borders. Russia will annex Donbass and present a
Fait Accompli to the NATO just it did with Crimea.
The world's best Chess players comes from Russia, and US Deep State should know about this.