Putin could make Biden/US Admin biggest fools in the world by simply not taking their bait.
And he's smart enough to do exactly that.
Contrary to my fellow westerners, the only ones who backed themselves into the corner here are indeed US and UK.
The real strategizing is being done on the American side, the Dems know they are going to lose the next midterm as well as Presidential election, the only way for that to not happen is war. They are now goading Putin to the take the bait.
And Putin won't oblige.