This will give Russia a free shot to fortify Chines border & border to Ukraine. perhaps Iran.
It also puts EU in a head lock, because they use NATO as their military. If EU bitches about US deploying nukes, and they will, US pulls out of NATO and deploys nukes in Poland. This will peel the 3 seas countries off the EU to get help from US militarily.
Basically, it's meant to put economic pressure on EU & China who will have to arm up, with the EU arming up on it's own dime this time. EU diverting funding from it's social programs will start yellow vests 2.0.
Just my theory, and it assumes (yeah, I know) Trump & Putin are tag=teaming on it. US/Russia bluster back and forth is for show & to let EU/China know they ain't fucking around.