I just listened to Putin’s speech, and it looked more like a declaration of war to America, than a celebration of inclusion of the four new members into the Russian Federation.

Basically, no more “our Western partners”; he openly states that America is the nefarious global force that is everybody’s enemy and conspires even against the interests of their “allies”, and wants to plunder Russia for resources, keep it in a state of perpetual misery and conflict, impose strange ideologies to the entire world, and keep everybody in perpetual submission by the threat of force. It’s a defiant statement – you will do your worst, and we will resist you.

Yes, I would say that even the ever-conciliatory Putin is done with America’s shit at this point.