Why would Vladimir Putin prefer Donald Trump as President of the United States?
I rarely agree with Trump, but on this I actually support his stance. Trump is the first candidate in a long time that has acknowledged that Russia has legitimate foreign interests.Most candidates inherently fall back on a very simplistic (and intentionally ignorant) story that basically paints Putin as an evil dictator. They also rely on a sort of neo-McCarthy set of overall anti-russia rhetoric to boost their popularity - none of it has any real relevance, and rarely is it covering a large enough spectrum of truth.And what's worse, our media loves to validate this rhetoric. There is nothing more exciting than a good old real life James Bondesque story, where conflicts with Russia and America are always on edge. Why do you think the media was so hot to obsess over Ukraine, while comparatively ignoring some of the most critical moments of the Syrian conflict? Why do you think so many Syrian stories are more about Russia's support of Assad, and so few are about all the innocent people being killed by both sides?The fact is, Putin is popular in Russia because he fights, on the world stage, for his country’s best interests. He is a politician, and he does what is popular for his people. He also understands his country’s interests better than most leaders. He is not a saint, and represents a conservative country whose majority electorate does not believe in the same liberal freedoms (i.e. gay marriage, etc). But in the end he is a politician who loves his country and deeply understands his people - he has little incentive to work with Western leaders who continually use him as a simplistic fictional character to propagate fear based politics.So obviously Putin is going to support the first candidate that sincerely acknowledges that we need to work together. Not the one who says we need to work “together”, while in the same sentence trying to create a political narrative about russia hacking her campaign’s emails
What will it be like when history teachers in the future talk about Trump's presidency to their students?
Teachers will note, that Trump Was Not Elected by the majority of Americans, they will also note that simplistic voters were easily swayed by a Russian disinformation campaign that smeared his opponent, Hillary Clinton, they will also note that Trump was the worst person ever to occupy the Oval Office in terms of his greed and stupidity, they will accentuate the fact that he lied repeatedly and constantly throughout his term in office, they will note his attempts to obstruct Justice in a number of different instances, they will point out his servile deference 2 Vladimir Putin, they will point out his desperate strategies to avoid being exposed for all the illegal activity and unconstitutional methods he used and tried to use to ensure his survival in office, and they will conclude with a description of his ignominious removal from the White House and his and his children's eventual imprisonment for violating the Constitution and numerous laws and statutes!