China wants to keep the oil coming through the Straits of Hormuz, they are too dependent on it right now. As for Russia, they didn’t lift a finger to preserve Assad’s regime when it was crumbling last year, they just gave him a place to live. Putin said the below in the last day or two. Countries in the region will take note of how reliable these “sponsor” nations were during crunch time for their client.
I’ve heard the five voices he listened to on this were Wiles, Vance, Rubio, Ratcliffe, and Witkoff. Gabbard’s appointment was a political reward for the campaign, it’s clear he doesn’t listen to her and it’s debatable that the DNI isn’t necessary in any administration since the individual agency heads it “supervises” have full control over their fiefdoms. Hegseth is basically a recruiting tool/frontman for DOD. It is what it is, and that’s not optimal. Elbridge Colby is the real policy planner at the Pentagon (even though he was probably against this as well).