It's already ending well for Russia in the Middle East.

This just in from Elijah J Magnier, one of the few reporters on Syria I'll go with:

https://elijahjm.wordpress.com/2016/12/12/is-the-partition-of-syria-still-possible-turkey-and-the-us-biggest-mistakes-in-this-war/

Trump will restore some of the US' lost credibility by aligning with a winner.