This was always a war between the US and Russia. I guess now the picture is clearer.
Biden was, I think, was afraid of escalation, of Russian nukes.
Trump and Putin both think in terms that could be phrased as "great powers set the rules, everyone else is an NPC". Both are going to continue to be confused that Europe doing exactly what Trump is telling them to do — increasing military spending — is going to result in a Europe that has no strings binding it to the USA.