Nah it was Obama and Shillary (as sec of state) that helped Putin get back in the MIddle East
They bombed lybia and killed Ghadaffi and sold arms to insurgents than then went to Syria. They tried to take Assad out by building their Jihadi army there but it morphed into the ISIS frankenstein. That frankenstein so closeto Russias border is what triggered Russia to go inside Syria.
USA was checkmated in Syria the moment Russia enterd the theatre via their military bases in Tartus. US jihadi ground army was oblitrated like kockroaches. They obviously did not expect to encounter a capable air force when built.
Now they are like the losers at a Prom Dance that waited too long to pick a dance parter and are now stuck with a fat pig called the Syrian Kurds
Russias resurgence in the Middle East was all thanks to Obama and Shillary
Trump is smart to jump ship