Agreed. Russia doesn’t want to lose what it has gained in the ME but we can’t trust Russia two inches. They are too thick with Iran who is the real dirty party in the mix. Trump’s message was really meant for Iran as much as Russia. ....as well as for NK. Russia has been warned. They had better choose wisely.
Of course we can’t trust Russia but Trump can certainly leverage their self-interests in order to satisfy our self-interests. We would want certain things from a new Syrian leader and so would Russia. I should think both would want one who supports defeating ISIS.