the problem with trump is that he was essentially retarded, when it came to understanding military tactics, and he consistently understood american strategic objectives so poorly that he supported ideas that would actually benefit america's opponents.
america wants to protect german industry from russian influence, and it wants to do that by positioning large amounts of troops there, and by bribing the german people to take the side of the west over the russian side. and, it certainly wants to ensure that it is germany that benefits from russian energy wealth, rather than russia itself.
and, putin is a fool for failing to understand that - but this is longstanding, and his strategic blunders are quite numerous.