Putin’s top hawk claims US wants Eastern Europe, in case the Yellowstone volcano erupts

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In a more ridiculous addendum to his latest anti-American screed, Russian national security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev identified why the United States wants to expand its links with the Baltic states of Eastern Europe. It's not because those democracies are reliable allies that meet their NATO defense spending obligations and support U.S. efforts to constrain Chinese aggression. No — it's because they'll offer the U.S. a safe haven if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts. DID UKRAINE ATTACK THE KREMLIN OR DID RUSSIA? Patrushev's extraordinary claim follows populist speculation that if Yellowstone erupts again, that eruption will make much of the U.S....